Cambridge University Press

Contact: Jennifer Wright <jwright@cambridge.org>

First draft:

Science for AD2500

Everyone knows that peer-reviewed publication is the gold standard for scientific facts. But it is too slow for the Millennial generation, who prefer fast "facts" from Facebook likes, GitHub pull requests, up-votes, blog comments or TED talks. We need a new model for science that is agile and open, but also solid enough to last another 500 years. Your task is to prototype the next Royal Society or Cambridge University Press, providing democratic public access for Millenials, rapid quality control that would satisfy the next Isaac Newton, and permanent paper archives to survive the Apocalypse of 2499. Don't forget the essential academic attributes of date, author, and citation mechanisms.