To paraphrase Frederic Jameson it seems to be easier for us today to imagine the thoroughgoing deterioration of human knowledge than the breakdown of academic publishing models. This paper by Williamson, Macgilchrist and Potter tries to conceive what that could look like.

Legacy AI systems have been removed from publishing infrastructures, and Big Tech partnerships have expired without renewal. Peer reviewers are remunerated and review times have been extended to 4 weeks or more, to protect time for rigorous reading and thoughtful response.