"Understanding Knowledge as a Commons" Offers a wealth of insights for nostr and its potentials. cc nostr:nprofile1qqs8d3c64cayj8canmky0jap0c3fekjpzwsthdhx4cthd4my8c5u47spz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhszythwden5te0dehhxarj9ekxzmny9uq3zamnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0nw62p3

"I was recently at a meeting of academics, digital librarians, and technologists, talking about the construction of usable specialized digital archives. The librarians and technologists told of constructing beautiful systems, with 24 different metadata fields and incredibly powerful search capabilit...

"The point is, if the history of technology teaches us anything, it teaches us that we are extremely bad at predicting ex ante the uses of technology. This fact has an overlooked, but absolutely vital design corollary; wherever possible, design the system to run with open content, on open protoc...

"Take the world of scientific medical research. ... the internet has meant a dramatic surge in lay-people using the scholarly literature to research their, or a family member’s illness, to help frame questions to doctors, to look at the results of new studies and the like. NIH has actually redesig...

Thanks for bringing this paper to my attention! So many key points. Boyle's paper is such a great read for thinking about how to approach a Nostr-native knowledge commons in health and medical sciences.

I think most scholars have been quietly objecting to hiding knowledge for a while. It why site like #sci-hub just won't go away. I'd like to see some form of collaboration between the two.