“Unveiling the Hidden Truths: 60 Surprising Insights from Professionals That Will Change Your Perception”
Librarian aka information professional here.
The scholarly publishing industry is a massively profitable industry (check out Elsevier’s profit margins).
They are holding academic research hostage with paywalls.
We are trying to push for a sustainable model of open access publishing where everyone can access the information they need.
Information is important and shouldn’t be hid behind paywalls especially when these companies are not the ones securing the grant money, doing the research and writing the d**n paper.
That industries spend huge amounts of money to keep people addicted to things like gambling, smoking, drinking, and sugar and work to create new addicts once their customers die. I’m looking at you Big Tobacco and Big Sugar….
Example: Coca-Cola engaged in a major campaign to spread the myth that obesity had more to do with how much you excercise than your diet, to shift the focus away from their products. It worked shockingly well. Many people still believe this.
I work for local government. yes, taxpayers pay my salary (which also means i’m contributing to my own salary), but that doesn’t justify why i should give a person extra attention or service. people who come to my office and say “i pay your salary” right after asking for something completely ridiculous have no respect for me and assume i do nothing all day.
I’m a computer programmer and programming is no where near as glamorous as the movies make it. Code does not make digital noises when it runs.
“Hackers” are seldom the actual problem with computer security. Insider threats and the battle against the end user’s stupidity make up the vast majority of security breaches.
Oil well drilling is an industry full of snakes and liars. There are people, known as promoters, who put together drilling programs of one or multiple wells then go and try to get investors to buy into their project. Many of these people are straight, good businessmen. Many of them are crooked and unethical AF. All of them will make money by drilling the well whether the well makes money or not. Promoters put their fees, usually to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars, into the cost of drilling the well, then, more fees for completing it. There are many ways to trick investors by using well logs and and seismic data that have been manipulated.
Participating in a drilling program where there is no promotion (Everybody who stands to make money from the well is putting money into the drilling/completion) is the best way, although very difficult to get into.
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