The Hidden Cost of Academic Inefficiency Modern academia consumes vast amounts of human time while delivering far less scientific output than it could. Researchers, especially early-career scientists and independent scholars, […]
Preliminary Release of the Meritocracy App in 2026
Yesterday, I’ve deployed the first version of AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) app. This is the app that asks AI, how much a given user is worth, and allocates him/her the proportional […]
What Is a DeSci DAO in 2026?
DeSci DAO stands for Decentralized Science Decentralized Autonomous Organization. It is a blockchain-based organizational model designed to fund, govern, and coordinate scientific research in a transparent, permissionless, and community-driven way. […]
How Is Science Financing Broken in 2026?
Modern science is widely perceived as a meritocratic enterprise driven by evidence, creativity, and rigor. In practice, however, the way science is financed has become one of the central structural […]
Do We Need Managers in Science in 2026?
For decades, modern science has assumed that management is indispensable: rectors run universities, administrators allocate grants, institutions coordinate research, and marketing departments “promote impact.” This model is rarely questioned. Yet […]
Attack on Google SERP: A branch of science may effectively disappear from SERPs for a long time in 2026
25 Jul 2022 note: Google partly fixed the bug: Now my research does appear in search results (however, not yet for more general search phrases such as “general topology”). Google […]
Science Without Degrees: Why Credentials Are a Lagging Indicator in 2026
For centuries, formal academic degrees have functioned as gatekeeping instruments in science. They were designed to signal competence, filter noise, and allocate scarce institutional resources. However, in the modern research […]
Algorithmic Funding: Design Choices That Decide Who Gets Rich in 2026
Funding algorithms increasingly determine which ideas survive, which communities grow, and which individuals accumulate wealth and influence. From grant distribution platforms to decentralized public goods funding, algorithmic systems are often […]
Will Victor Porton Get the Nobel Prize in Physics for the Discovery of Discontinuous Analysis in 2026?
The Nobel Prize in Physics is often associated with spectacular experimental confirmations or headline-friendly theoretical breakthroughs. Yet many of the most transformative advances in physics begin far from the spotlight […]
The Hidden Bottleneck of Modern Knowledge: Why Moderators Block Progress and How Meritocratic SEO Can Fix It in 2026
In the digital age, humanity generates unprecedented amounts of knowledge. Yet the flow of this knowledge is increasingly constrained by a force that should have empowered it: centralized moderation. Across […]