Permission to Opt Out

You don’t need to ask, and non-participation is radical

AI as Information Asbestos

Are AI licensing agreements purely business? Or do they spread editorial cancer?

Song: “Limelight”

Heading out on tour again, one of their classics is more relevant than ever

This Week’s Texted Discoveries

We are constantly sharing relevant stuff we find — here’s this week’s fetch

Pod: Interview — Skylar Hughes

An emerging tech academic tackles issues of norms, lying, and deception fatigue

Invasion of the Institution Snatchers

Progressing from journals to organizations to institutions, the takeover continues

STM Renews Gambling License

The business? Science as a casino where the customers are the patsies

Song: “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper”

A misunderstood song is perhaps most famous for cries of “More cowbell!”

The “Automated Box of Confusion”

Cut for space from our forthcoming book, it’s a concept at the heart of it all