Supporting science does not automatically mean supporting universities. While universities present themselves as the guardians of scientific progress, modern academic institutions increasingly act as bureaucratic gatekeepers that slow innovation, misallocate […]
What’s Wrong with Quadratic Funding?
After years of real-world use, Quadratic Funding has shown systemic flaws that limit its effectiveness for both scientific research and free software development (1, 2). These problems are not implementation […]
How to Use AI Internet-Meritocracy App
This post explains, how to use AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) app in practice. AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) is an app that gathers donations from donors and distributes it between scientists and free […]
Academia Is Not a Meritocracy in 2026
Modern academia is not a merit-based system; it systematically rewards credentials, institutional affiliation, and conformity over intellectual merit. While it presents an idealized narrative—publish strong research, gain recognition, secure funding, […]
How Do People Spend Time in Academia in Vain and How AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) Can Solve This Problem in 2026?
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
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What Is a DeSci DAO in 2026?
DeSci DAO stands for Decentralized Science Decentralized Autonomous Organization (1). It is a blockchain-based organizational model designed to fund, govern, and coordinate scientific research in a transparent, permissionless, and community-driven […]
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?
I claim that the future scientific institutions don’t need managers, they need marketers. Moreover, scientific marketing will turn to become a private business rather than big institutions. For decades, modern […]
Attack on Google SERP: A branch of science may effectively disappear from SERPs for a long time in 2026
How Google SERPs would be manipulated at institutional level to exclude an branch of science from search results. An essay written in security vulnerability report style. 25 Jul 2022 note: […]
