@themanual4am @LizEllisPhD @independentpen @axoaxonic @mrdk I keep coming back to the comparison between science writing and readable code / tech writing. In some ways they have very similar requirements regarding precision, technical detail, and simultaneously targeting an audience of experts and novices (if not the general public).
Yet, the outcomes seem different to me. I feel like coding projects are on average more accessible, and there are popular systems, tools, and processes to encourage that with no parallels in academia.
If that's so, then perhaps we can learn by comparing these two domains. What makes them different? My first instinct is incentive structures, but I haven't thought that through yet.