Cato vs Cicero
Martin has a great post up about the debate between Stephen and I over the Cape Town Declaration written in terms of a comparison between Cato and Cicero. I enjoyed it; I expect Stephen did as well.
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Better than Free
Seth Godin expands on Kevin Kelley’s Better than Free. Seth’s takeaway: “when there are infinite copies of something, charging for one is almost impossible.” Or in Kevin’s words, When copies are super abundant, they become worthless. When copies are super abundant, stuff which can’t be copied becomes scarce and valuable. When copies are free, you … Read more
Great Article on NIH Open Access Mandate
Gavin links to his great article on scienceprogress.org about how NIH’s New Open Access Policy Can Benefit Everyone. “The new policy is not only notable for its novelty and the whopping amount of research it will make available, but for its storied history.”