michael_nielsen

This is a tough problem for open * solutions (open access, data, code, collaboration). It still hasn't been solved in the world of open source software. Though companies like Kickstarter and Patreon and ideas like dominant assurance contracts are making progress in this space.

Still, I'm optimistic we can solve these problems. Danny Hillis has observed that "there are problems that are impossible if you think about them in two-year terms - which everyone does - but they're easy if you think in fifty-year terms." I think this is a problem of this type!

scientific journals (or other experiments in compilation/editing/publication) seem like a good match for the @zhitzig @glenweyl @VitalikButerin proposal of philanthropy matched by (sum of square roots)^2 of individual contributions, “quadratic finance” or “liberal radicalism”.

(Description here https://www.ssrn.com/abstract=3243656 … , @zhitzig recently gave a more accessible presentation which i think will be made available soon. It has genuinely nice characteristics.)

I read the paper when it came out, and certainly agree it's an interesting possibility.

Have to get that published ASAP

Get what published?

That paper.