Open access: All human knowledge is there, so why can’t everybody access it?
I consider my belief how this particular battle will turn out a good litmus test for my pessimism&#x2F;optimism.<p>Some days I can&#x27;t imagine a future where universal open access is implemented, at other times it seems inevitable. Seeing that I must normally believe it to be a 50&#x2F;50 thing makes it a great way to calibrate my mood out of my decision making process.<p>More on topic: I wonder if we&#x27;ll see countries take a stance in these battles. Why isn&#x27;t Ecuador Hosting a Sci-Hub Mirror for their citizens? The naive observer might think there is only upsides for countries like these to such an action.