From here: https://www.experimental-history.com/p/the-rise-and-fall-of-peer-review

As a peer reviewed author, this is true 🫣

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Peer review is natural. It doesn’t need a system. It’s current manifestation is unnecessary bureaucracy for the free market of scientific progress.

It's just proof of stake in academia.

Peer review usage skyrocketed just after 1971