Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Parable of Free Food and #OpenAccess

One day a wizard made an amazing Food Teleporting Duplicator. Free food for all.  What could go wrong?  The Guardian (Mike Taylor) posted this amazing story of farmers and distributors and people. There are some important lessons for open access academic publishing.  Enjoy.

Source: Mike Taylor, The Guardian, 10 Feb 2012: "The parable of the farmers and the Teleporting Duplicator" 

h/t Michael Eisen

@eliowa

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