The latter is a point that&#x27;s often forgotten, and is very true. I used to do research a long time ago, prior to deciding I&#x27;m not quite academia material. If I ever get nostalgic, I literally have to pay between 30 USD and 100 USD just to get PDFs of articles that <i>I</i> wrote.<p>Of course, this is upsetting only on a personal level, but the entire process is extremely toxic to learning.