chris martens on Nostr: at one point publishers & professional societies played a role that I thought was ...

at one point publishers & professional societies played a role that I thought was important, of helping the public tell apart sound scholarship and science from misinformation and opinion. it’s clear now that neither they nor the public actually care about this distinction. so the main role they play now is an “internal” one, a tool for our community to help each other access and judge and reuse our work. is it working for that? can we do better?