It brings me no pleasure to report that SSRN is, apparently, on the brink of enshittification.
We really do need a non-profit version of SSRN.
That's a wrap on TCAF day one!
We're open tomorrow 10 AM-5 PM at the Mattamy Athletic Centre. Get original comics, prints, and zines before they're gone!
Railroads - destroyed the peaceful English countryside, brought a plague of settlers to the plains of North America, enchained and colonized global south, and led to (near?) global financial collapse after 1873 and 1893.
The world might have been better off without them.
Maybe there are lessons?
I am reminded about how myself and a colleague from York tried to make the case for Ontario libraries to make open access hosting services more social (like SSRN) but alas, we were successful convincing others with our white paper yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/items/ec49cd...
