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Why I’m a little sour on crowdfunding

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Here’s an idea for a new way to fund science: We can just create websites about our projects, and then ask taxpayers to vote for competing research proposals, based on which ones they see on social media.

I didn’t say it was a good idea. This is, essentially, what crowdfunding is. Continue reading →

This entry was tagged crowdfunding, fairness, funding, grants, social capital, social media.
  • Date 20 January 2015
  • Author Terry McGlynn

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