To clarify my view, in case it’s necessary, I’m declining because I don’t see how spending my time on publishing a paper gets me closer to implementing Buoy in communities where it is desired and would be helpful. I am looking for food, shelter, direct collaborators, and maybe donations of money as a secondary option. I have very limited resources and spend most of my time trying to figure out how to stay sheltered and fed. Writing academic papers has proven to be a pointless distraction in the past and I don’t think this is an exception.
That’s not to say the topic sounds uninteresting or that I see no value in academic publishing at all. I do see value there, it’s just an extremele limited one that weighs poorly in comparison with more practical considerations. ¯_(ツ)_/¯