In 2006 I plotted the number of Nature journals vs time and it sure looked like a Moore’s law: “the number of nature journals doubles every five years”. It’s slowed down to every 7.5 years, but we are still on track to get every scientist their own personal journal 🧪
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https://www.science.org/content/article/nature-journals-u-k-staff-stage-second-day-strikes-over-pay
I am sure they will get back on their feet soon!
Or profit motives driving top-down interest in being able to put any paper somewhere?
Also I suspect your closing joke may end up prophetic.