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I'm looking forward to when academia actually tumbles down. People like James Burke have been awaiting this for ages.

> People like James Burke have been awaiting this for ages.

I would like to more about this. Can you point to any interviews or other materials that shed light on Burke's thoughts on academia?

The conclusion of connections season 1 pretty much is that knowledge needs to made more freely available. He has also held a dozen of long winded talks on the topic like e.g. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvIy52kX-uU There also exists this quite more concise interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3XoLycc9io