University pays me to write journal articles, which i then publish in journals hat the university has to buy. So they pay me to the content and can't afford access to it. In other words, we're spending a hundred thousand dollars of student and taxpayer money to deny the public access to the knowledge we produce for the common. And universities, i really think we need a trans national co operation. There's no national interest. It's another sector of the economy that represents the knowledge commons. It creates the knowledge we need right now. The market is going to generate now edge that makes profits. We need to generate know-how that protects ecosystem that provides public goods. I'm actually not
On this episode we meet with ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration, Josh Farley.
Farley explores the importance of human cooperation in a modern superstructure that incentivizes competition. What role will cooperation play in helping us solve our largest existential problems?
Farley explains the critical social dilemma humans face: How can we grapple with the paradox that individuals are better served to act selfishly, but cooperation among individuals makes everyone better off?
Additionally, Professor Farley helps us distinguish the difference between how a system works, and how we can understand and participate in changing a system.
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