Encouraged by the University of California's widely-discussed decision to push back against Elsevier:https://www.chronicle.com/article/U-of-California-System/245798 …
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So it sounds like grant decision makers are the high-leverage positions for fixing the broken status quo? Are any UC professors in such positions?
One other group with a lot of leverage: people willing to just say "screw it" & go for it. I often hear people say they "can't" do something because it's "not incentivized" in academia. But it's really, really sobering to talk with soldiers, fire fighters, and police officers.
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They're risking their life. And it put in perspective for me worries like "I won't get my grant / tenure" etc. It's made me more inclined to say to people: do you really believe in this idea you're worried your system won't support? If you do, then figure out how to do it anyway
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I know there's still real tradeoffs. But I wish more people considered that following the ideas they really believe in, and reducing their grant percentages by 20%, was a great tradeoff to be making.
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