The uncertainty conundrum: hitching innovation to information

The provision of information and data has coalesced around a few distinct camps: one being the gatekeepers who see access paywalls as a way of subsidizing the costly associated services of content cultivation, archiving, and provision; and another being the defenders of openness in information provision, who believe that information price-tags hinder the expansion of knowledge. While this paper does not propose to reconcile the debate between the two camps, it does seek to identify signal trends that could motivate an evolution in thinking among both camps to unify around a response to the challenges surrounding information provision.