Saw this on Twitter (thanks Brian):
for #bioPeerReview, my favorite thing ever said about publishing, by @cshirky https://t.co/mNamuztdvX pic.twitter.com/T1nAsniQu8
— Michael Eisen (@mbeisen) February 8, 2018
I retweeted it, but sometimes a retweet is not enough.
Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word “publishing” means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something public. That’s not a job anymore. That’s a button. There’s a button that says “publish,” and when you press it, it’s done.
It’s so good I think I will publish it, and by that I mean press a button:
