I am not going to believe that science is democratized, opened up, decentralized, disincentivized, decolonized, uncorrupted, or anything like that until this lady gets a Nobel prize.

She has done more for diversity in science than everyone else on the globe combined. We went from students in developing countries blowing up forums and message boards asking if anyone could get them access to a paper to being able to write a paper or thesis fully independently.

This blew up outside my usual circle and a few people are asking who this is. It's Alexandra Elbakyan, the founder of a website called Sci-Hub where you can access and download most of the world's gatekept academic papers for free.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Elbakyan

https://twitter.com/dmcdougall/status/1331391141024063489