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
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?
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Effective Altruism and the Future of Science: Why High-Impact Giving Starts With Better Research Infrastructure in 2026
Effective Altruism and the Future of Scientific Progress Effective altruism (EA) began as a simple premise: do the most good possible using evidence, rationality, and transparent evaluation. Over the years, […]
What Is the Mission and Vision of the World Science DAO in 2026?
The World Science DAO is an emerging decentralized organization dedicated to reshaping how scientific work is funded, evaluated, and rewarded. By combining decentralized governance, open peer-review mechanisms, and algorithmic meritocracy, […]
The Illusion of Progress in General Topology — And the Case for Merit-Based Science in 2025
General Topology Today: Activity Without Direction Modern general topology produces a constant flow of papers, examples, and small theorems. On the surface, this looks like progress. But behind the publication […]
Key Contributors
Victor Porton Victor Lvovich Porton, the CEO, born in Perm, Russia in 1980 and now living in Israel (ORCiD 0000-0001-7064-7975, Google Scholar, LinkedIn) is the mathematician who discovered ordered semigroup […]