Post #2328555
2026-03-31 08:49 UTC
@villavelius@mastodon.online @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz
I don't see this as a major obstacle, though and I support authors not being forced to do things they don't want to do.
But I'm all for institutions being forced to do what is in the common interest, but they don't want to do. One institution forced to act in the public interest commonly means hundreds of authors also do what is in the common interest, but without being forced.
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@brembs@mastodon.social 2026-03-31 08:52
@villavelius@mastodon.online @albertcardona@mathstodon.xyz Why go after individuals, when you can go after institutions? As with the climate crisis, I have become very skeptical of the individual responsibility slant that lets the big players get off the hook: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/aug/23/big-oil-coined-carbon-footprints-to-blame-us-for-their-greed-keep-them-on-the-hook Mandates on individual authors remind me a bit of the "carbon footprint" campaign of BP - at least they seem to have analogous effects in that too few people are thinking of how to accomplish systemic change.