There& #39;s MUCH nuance to the #openaccess debate & #openaccess is so much more than being able to read journal articles, but at its most simple this is something else where the business case is incredibly compelling:

Imagine there’s a kid thousands of miles away who has the insight to come up with a cure for the cancer that has your name on it. And imagine that because the journal article that kid needs is behind a paywall, they never get to read it.
( @doctorow in The Internet& #39;s Ow Boy)

Of course there& #39;s more too it than that but that makes much of the "more" clear. The kid also needs access to the skills to use their insight, access to the time & freedom from fear to do the work, access to a platform where the idea will be heard. etc etc

And access to the internet and the hardware and software to use it, and the self-belief that comes from knowing their ideas *can* make a difference. And so on and so on. #openaccess is complex, & hard to achieve but utterly essential