It would be cool if Hackernews did some kind of debate / in-depth discussion / podcast / video cast thing where some of these topics could be discussed. I would love to hear a nuanced, technical / economic discussion about this and other topics. Heck, I would even pay to hear it.

I have no real experience with academia, but the fact that I (as a layperson) can’t even get access to published papers is a pretty clear indication that they have little interest in making information available.

If only there was a website where entrepreneurs…