Copyright

Krist Vaesen

Published On

2026-02-06

Page Range

pp. 1–8

Language

  • English

Print Length

8 pages

Introduction

  • Krist Vaesen (author)
Chapter of: Neomania: How Our Obsession With Innovation is Failing Science, and How to Restore Trust(pp. 1–8)
The introduction frames the book’s central thesis: neomania—an excessive love for novelty—has pushed science into a poly-crisis. Part One of the book (Chapters 1-3) diagnoses this crisis, linking neomania to replication failures, methodological flaws, and other epistemic breakdowns. Part Two (Chapters 4-6) proposes remedies, advocating reforms more radical than Open Science—reforms that prioritize robustness over novelty, coordination over competition, and collaboration over individualism.

Contributors

Krist Vaesen

(author)
Associate Professor of Philosophy of Innovation at Eindhoven University of Technology

Krist Vaesen is an Associate Professor of Philosophy of Innovation at Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) and serves as director and co‑founder of META/e—the Eindhoven Meta‑science Center. This interdisciplinary center focuses on the scientific study of science itself, with expertise in areas such as Open Science, reproducibility, team science, and the role of AI in research. 'Neomania' owes much to the many insightful conversations with members of META/e.