Top Posts of 2019 . . . So Far
With a daily e-newsletter, it's easy to miss some things. Here's a summary of the top posts so far.
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Open Data Can't Mean Open Season
De-identifying data is an uncertain proposition, especially for scientific researchers
Is Facebook's Run About to End?
A German decision may mark the beginning of the end for the surveillance economy
China Will Dominate Research, Citations
The pressures on journals and libraries may also lead to major publishing initiatives
The Traffic Argument Weakens
Google argues that new copyright legislation hurts traffic. Fewer publishers care.
"The Digitization of Mistakes"
When mistakes can go viral and context is broken, everyone becomes suspicious
Why Disruption Kills the Middle
Again and again, disruptive business models kill the moderating forces
Friday Round-up: Measles, Ethics, and "Failing"
Some thoughts that don't merit full essays, but may provoke some thinking
AOC, Drugs, Risk, and Publishers
Public funding is sometimes a start, but it's not what produces the products
Time for an Updated Ingelfinger Rule?
More journals not accepting preprints suggests new boundaries are forming