I am fascinated by how our profession, the academic profession, has become less and less open in the last few years. Conferences are getting more and more papers, reviewers are choking with deadlines to review more and more papers, universities want staff to publish more and more papers.
It is not papers. It is the h-index. A measure to beat your fellow academics with when they think that they are better than you. A measure to impress your colleagues. A treasure to keep for the rest of your career. A machine to feed for the rest of your career.
Share or not share? If you share your ideas, someone will steal them from you. If you don't, you'll be publishing more, and your h-index will increase
