{"id":22020,"date":"2026-01-09T07:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T07:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/?p=22020"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:02:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T15:02:18","slug":"internet-meritocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do People Spend Time in Academia in Vain and How AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM) Can Solve This Problem in 2026?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"scien-3290802906\" class=\"scien-before-content scien-entity-placement\"><style>\r\n.amazon-support-link {\r\n    display: inline-flex;\r\n    align-items: baseline;\r\n    gap: 0.3rem;\r\n    padding: 0.35rem 0.55rem;\r\n    color: inherit;\r\n    font-size: 0.88rem;\r\n    line-height: 1.2;\r\n    text-decoration: none;\r\n    opacity: 0.72;\r\n    white-space: nowrap;\r\n    transition: opacity 0.2s ease;\r\n}\r\n\r\n.amazon-support-link:hover,\r\n.amazon-support-link:focus-visible {\r\n    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ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Publishing_Without_Compensation\" >Publishing Without Compensation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Bureaucratic_Signaling_Instead_of_Knowledge_Creation\" >Bureaucratic Signaling Instead of Knowledge Creation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Exclusion_of_Non-Institutional_Scientists\" >Exclusion of Non-Institutional Scientists<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Why_the_System_Persists\" >Why the System Persists<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#What_Is_AI_Internet-Meritocracy_AIIM\" >What Is AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM)?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#How_AIIM_Eliminates_Time_Waste_in_Academia\" >How AIIM Eliminates Time Waste in Academia<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Direct_Income_for_Scientific_Work\" >Direct Income for Scientific Work<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Publishing_Becomes_an_Economic_Activity\" >Publishing Becomes an Economic Activity<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Inclusion_of_All_Scientists\" >Inclusion of All Scientists<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Reduction_of_Bureaucracy\" >Reduction of Bureaucracy<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Economic_Perspective_Time_as_a_Global_Resource\" >Economic Perspective: Time as a Global Resource<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Why_This_Matters_Now\" >Why This Matters Now<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Conclusion_From_Wasted_Lives_to_Productive_Science\" >Conclusion: From Wasted Lives to Productive Science<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/internet-meritocracy\/#Call_to_Action\" >Call to Action<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Hidden_Cost_of_Academic_Inefficiency\"><\/span>The Hidden Cost of Academic Inefficiency<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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, routinely spend years on activities that produce little knowledge, income, or social value. This is not primarily a failure of individuals; it is a systemic failure of incentives, funding mechanisms, and institutional design. Internet-Meritocracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result is a paradox: science is more technologically capable than ever, yet human scientific labor is increasingly wasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"455\" src=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.png\" alt=\"Internet-Meritocracy\" class=\"wp-image-22027\" title=\"Internet-Meritocracy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1.png 820w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-300x166.png 300w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-768x426.png 768w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-575x319.png 575w, https:\/\/science-dao.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image-1-380x211.png 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Where_Academic_Time_Is_Spent_in_Vain\"><\/span>Where Academic Time Is Spent in Vain<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Endless_Grant_Writing_With_Low_Success_Rates\"><\/span>Endless Grant Writing With Low Success Rates<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A significant fraction of researchers\u2019 working hours is devoted to writing grant proposals. Success rates in many funding programs are below 10%. This means that most of the intellectual labor invested in proposals is discarded entirely, producing neither funding nor publishable knowledge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>From a systems perspective, this is pure economic waste: thousands of highly trained people compete for scarce funds using duplicated, non-reusable <a href=\"https:\/\/phd.academy\/blog\/ai-death-of-academia\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/phd.academy\/blog\/ai-death-of-academia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">effort<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Publishing_Without_Compensation\"><\/span>Publishing Without Compensation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academic publishing largely relies on unpaid labor:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Authors are not paid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peer reviewers are not paid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Editors are often minimally compensated or unpaid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, access to journals is expensive, and publication fees are rising. Researchers donate time and intellectual property while commercial publishers capture the financial upside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bureaucratic_Signaling_Instead_of_Knowledge_Creation\"><\/span>Bureaucratic Signaling Instead of Knowledge Creation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Much academic time is spent on signaling rather than science:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Formatting papers to journal-specific templates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chasing impact factors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Producing \u201csafe\u201d incremental results instead of risky breakthroughs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Navigating institutional politics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These activities optimize careers, not truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Exclusion_of_Non-Institutional_Scientists\"><\/span>Exclusion of Non-Institutional Scientists<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Independent researchers, researchers without PhDs, and those outside elite institutions are structurally excluded from funding and recognition. Their time is often spent working for free, hoping for eventual legitimacy that may never come.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This is not just unfair; it is inefficient. Talent is filtered by credentials rather than results.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_the_System_Persists\"><\/span>Why the System Persists<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The academic system is path-dependent. Funding bodies, universities, and publishers are optimized for stability, not efficiency. They reward conformity, not productivity. Individual actors cannot easily exit or reform the system without losing their livelihood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, wasted time becomes normalized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_Is_AI_Internet-Meritocracy_AIIM\"><\/span>What Is AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM)?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/meritocracy\/\">AI Internet-Meritocracy (AIIM)<\/a><\/strong> is an alternative coordination mechanism for science. Instead of institutions deciding who is \u201cworthy,\u201d AIIM evaluates individuals using AI, not human labor, directly, based on measurable impact, activity, and contributions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In simple terms:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AI estimates a person\u2019s contribution to global knowledge and software.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>That contribution is translated into a share of available funding.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Money flows directly to people, not institutions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This aligns incentives with actual productivity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_AIIM_Eliminates_Time_Waste_in_Academia\"><\/span>How AIIM Eliminates Time Waste in Academia<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Direct_Income_for_Scientific_Work\"><\/span>Direct Income for Scientific Work<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under AIIM, scientists receive funding simply for contributing value. There is no need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Write grant proposals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Beg institutions for affiliation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimize for fashionable topics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time spent on real research is rewarded directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Publishing_Becomes_an_Economic_Activity\"><\/span>Publishing Becomes an Economic Activity<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of publishing being an unpaid obligation, it becomes part of compensated output. Writing papers, releasing software, documenting ideas, and explaining results all increase a researcher\u2019s measurable merit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This incentivizes clarity, openness, and usefulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Inclusion_of_All_Scientists\"><\/span>Inclusion of All Scientists<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AIIM does not care whether someone has a PhD, tenure, or institutional backing. If a person produces valuable knowledge, they are recognized and paid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This unlocks a massive pool of currently wasted human capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reduction_of_Bureaucracy\"><\/span>Reduction of Bureaucracy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By replacing committees and panels with continuous AI-based evaluation, AIIM removes layers of administrative overhead. Scientists no longer need to spend time proving they deserve to work; they simply work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Economic_Perspective_Time_as_a_Global_Resource\"><\/span>Economic Perspective: Time as a Global Resource<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From an economic standpoint, academic inefficiency is a misallocation of one of humanity\u2019s scarcest resources: expert cognitive time. AIIM treats scientific labor as globally valuable and allocates funding accordingly, much like markets allocate capital.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This does not eliminate institutions, but it removes their monopoly on legitimacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_This_Matters_Now\"><\/span>Why This Matters Now<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The scientific <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/scientific\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"20291\"><strong>publication crisis<\/strong><\/a>, replication problems, and mental health burnout among researchers all stem from the same root cause: misaligned incentives. AIIM addresses the root, not the symptoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an era where AI can evaluate, compare, and aggregate contributions at internet scale, continuing with 20th-century academic structures is no longer rational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion_From_Wasted_Lives_to_Productive_Science\"><\/span>Conclusion: From Wasted Lives to Productive Science<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academia currently wastes millions of human years on unpaid, low-impact, or purely bureaucratic activity. This is not inevitable. AI Internet-Meritocracy offers a credible path toward a system where scientific time is respected, compensated, and productively used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If science is to serve humanity rather than institutions, its incentive structure must change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Call_to_Action\"><\/span>Call to Action<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc49 If you believe that scientists should be paid to do science \u2014 not paperwork \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/donation\/\"><strong>support<\/strong><\/a> the development of AI Internet-Meritocracy at <strong>science-dao.org<\/strong>. Donations and participation directly accelerate the transition from wasted academic time to a functional, merit-based scientific economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"scien-2571192842\" class=\"scien-after-content scien-entity-placement\"><section>\r\n\r\n<h2>Support Independent Science<\/h2>\r\n\r\n<p>Supporting independent science is not only a matter of fairness to researchers whose expertise and work are often underfunded. It is also essential for addressing <a href=\"https:\/\/science-dao.org\/fr\/who-are-science-marketers\/\">systemic failures in scientific publishing<\/a> that delay discoveries and leave important results unnoticed. 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