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Costs to thee, but none for me! (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

fun fact: the academic publishing business model was invented by robert maxwell. you’ve probably heard the name maxwell before, due to his daughter, ghislaine

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

This article blew my mind when I first read it. The unsustainability of the current academic publishing situation made a lot more sense after learning how we got to this point. Strongly recommended this article to anyone who doesn't know how huge Maxwell's influence was in this area.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Robert Maxwell was a known sleeze bag in his own right.