Scientific and academic publishing is broken. The vast majority of the journals have been privatized by publishers who charge astronomical fees for access to the literature.
How about this: all phases of peer review and the editing/publishing process are public and transparent. I don’t know if I fully understand how this is supposed to work in practice, but to me it appears to only address half of the problem.
Some people try that kind of thing and use Twitter to develop their ideas. See NN Taleb and his clique. But I hear you – there is a lot to be gained from software development practices.
How about this: all phases of peer review and the editing/publishing process are public and transparent. I don’t know if I fully understand how this is supposed to work in practice, but to me it appears to only address half of the problem.
Some people try that kind of thing and use Twitter to develop their ideas. See NN Taleb and his clique. But I hear you – there is a lot to be gained from software development practices.