I am *deeply* upset at the system in which venues of choice for academic work lock away professionals' discussions while amateurs can actually have the free and unfettered forum for sharing thought that academics of a hundred years ago could only have dreamed of, and academics of the modern world are expected to choose not to participate in. Yeah. This. You've made me think about academia and access in a way I haven't needed to in a long time, as I am currently safely behind that wall and spoiled with all the resources of a large research library. Will need to ponder this some more, I think, so thanks for that!
And as I do have all this access, are you still looking for the "Pocket Telephone" article you mentioned upstream? I'm heading to the library later today to make a few requests of my own, and according to the catalogue we have that particular edition of Literary Digest housed in our repository. I can see if I can snag a copy for you.
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I am *deeply* upset at the system in which venues of choice for academic work lock away professionals' discussions while amateurs can actually have the free and unfettered forum for sharing thought that academics of a hundred years ago could only have dreamed of, and academics of the modern world are expected to choose not to participate in. Yeah. This. You've made me think about academia and access in a way I haven't needed to in a long time, as I am currently safely behind that wall and spoiled with all the resources of a large research library. Will need to ponder this some more, I think, so thanks for that!
And as I do have all this access, are you still looking for the "Pocket Telephone" article you mentioned upstream? I'm heading to the library later today to make a few requests of my own, and according to the catalogue we have that particular edition of Literary Digest housed in our repository. I can see if I can snag a copy for you.