10 Things Science, Science Communication, and Just Maybe All of Academia Needs | Deep Sea News

ab1630's bookmarks 2018-06-27

Summary:

"On the heals of being inspired at #scifoo at GoogleX, I’m a little fired up.  Monday morning at the American Library Association meeting–after flight delays, a red eye flight, too few hours of sleep, and perhaps just one to many cups of coffee–I spoke in a session on science communication.   Below is the energized list of 10 items I thought were needed. ...

3. We need to make sure good and correct information is more accessible and more viral than bad information.  We need to make it easier for students and the public to get the information they need to be an informed citizenry.

4. Science needs to be more open.  Open access publishing, science communication, and citizen science and other initiatives were good start of a larger “open” movement.  But now we need to swing the doors of science open a little wider.  We are not open or honest to our failures in the enterprise of science.  Metal health issues, inequality, profiteering, and harassment run rapid.  We need change and a river in Egypt isn’t the first step...."

 

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Date tagged:

06/27/2018, 16:16

Date published:

06/27/2018, 12:17