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Kobie Janse van Rensburg (0) · Mar 31, 2026 Comment
Hi Cesar,I hope all is well. First, I bought The Infinite Alphabet on Google as a gesture of supporting your work here. But what a book it turned out to be, been reading since 2 am 😂 And yes, I too am surprised that Johannes Gutenberg died in poverty. I will be looking out for the printed version here in South Africa, it needs to live on a shelf with the others. If have a question regarding endorsements. Are endorsements automatically the choice of those who can endorse, or do we have to reuest an endorsement from those who can endorse? If the latter, what is the criteria? Can an endorsement be requested from anyone, or must the endorsement be from someone in a related field for what is being submitted?
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Cesar Hidalgo · Mar 31
Hi Kobie, Thanks! At the moment you would need to find someone to endorse you among your colleagues, and ask them to login with their Orcid and endorse your paper. I wouldn’t expect other users to endorse others just because. This is the way the rule is set up right now, but we are open to changing ...
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Kobie Janse van Rensburg · Mar 31 edited
Ok. I will see if I can make some friends here. Thanks. I finished reading your book this morning, it is really good. Just on one topic, I too am not going to point any finger at certain countries or cultures, but it is most of Africa. It is why the Chinese study Edward Bernays, and that came from a...