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.
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solsangraal@lemmy.zip 5 days agofun fact: the academic publishing business model was invented by robert maxwell. you’ve probably heard the name maxwell before, due to his daughter, ghislaine
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 4 days ago
wewbull@feddit.uk 5 days ago
Robert Maxwell was a known sleeze bag in his own right.