The World Financial Review has published a 'sort of' excerpt from Information Wants to be Shared. It may interest readers of this blog.
"House of Cards" wants to be shared
Netflix launched a new, self-produced, series, House of Cards. There are many things unique about it. First, it is exclusive to Netflix. Second, Netflix released the whole series in one block last week. It is the second bit that I believe may turn out to be a real issue. From the NYT: Netflix’s release strategy …
Position at Sloan Foundation
The Sloan Foundation is looking for a Program Associate, Economics. It is a position that will likely interest readers of this blog or their students. Here is the description. Roles and Responsibilities: The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation seeks a very bright, highly motivated, and well-organized individual for the position of Program Associate in Economics starting in …
Will reputation metrics open scientific publication?
That is the contention of Richard Price, the founder of Academia.edu. Aaron Swartz was determined to free up access to academic articles. He perceived an injustice in which scientific research lies behind expensive paywalls despite being funded by the taxpayer. The taxpayer ends up paying twice for the same research: once to fund it and …
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