The scientific method is arguably one of the greatest engines of progress humanity has ever devised. It gave us medicine, satellites, quantum mechanics, and the internet. Yet, the infrastructure for science continues to feel increasingly out of step with the internet native, network-driven world we live in. The way science is funded, published, peer-reviewed, and distributed often reflects an outdated model, one built for a pre-digital era where access was scarce and authority was centralized...

The scientific method is arguably one of the greatest engines of progress humanity has ever devised. It gave us medicine, satellites, quantum mechanics, and the internet. Yet, the infrastructure for science continues to feel increasingly out of step with the internet native, network-driven world we live in. The way science is funded, published, peer-reviewed, and distributed often reflects an outdated model, one built for a pre-digital era where access was scarce and authority was centralized...