Preparation for 19 May 2025

Watch or read one (or more) of the following:

• 🎦 Maithink X: https://www.zdf.de/play/shows/mai-think-x-die-show-102/maithink-x-publikation-100 (in German)
• 🎦 Midlife Crisis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PriwCi6SzLo (in English)
  • Content warning: mention of suicide between 12^th and 13^th minute.
• 📰 Guardian long read: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/27/profitable-business-scientific-publishing-bad-for-science (in English)

📝 Take notes on:

1. What surprised you most?
2. What are your thoughts on this TV show/YouTube video/newspaper article format as a way to inform a broad audience about academic publishing?
3. What open questions do you still have?