Control of funding would shift towards celebrity scientists / science communicators
Hypothetically, how would American science look if it was supported entirely by Patreon-type crowdsourcing rather than federal sources like NSF and NIH? (Assume equal total revenue -- however implausibly).https://twitter.com/zooko/status/960525732035383298 …
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Also, the mechanism by which total funding stays equal is important. Is it a voucher where everyone gets to allocate the same amount? Or is it a free market where anyone can allocate as much as they want?
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There are people who claim that science would be better off without public funding for research projects. Read Terence Kealey, "The Economic Laws of Scientific Research" for details. https://www.amazon.de/Economic-Laws-Scientific-Research/dp/0312173067/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1517939685&sr=8-3&keywords=Terence+Kealey …
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The cute, popular, entertaining, and sympathetic sciences would rule. Video production skills would become paramount.
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Here is an example of an abstract in the forthcoming style of crowdfunding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUnRCxnydCc …
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There will always be poorly understood/valued/orphan subjects, but the effort to make them popular will have collateral benefits on STEM and science communication generally
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Revenues actually might be higher in some fields. Though not necessarily allocated optimally.
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Depends on the governance model of those communities. Just like with current national governments!
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Too true!
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Well lets let the market decide - any country that adopts this model will outcompete others. Maximalist Libertarian fantasies (like maximalist egalitarian fantasies) never seem to win cultural competitions.
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Unwinding cross-pollination and choreographed movements of university staff, large corporate entities, regulatory bodies, lobbyists, grant writers, Congressional staff and Executive branch agencies, I'm in. The existing infrastructure serves itself. Full stop. Destroy it.
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