Finally, a solution to the unfairness of authorship ordering in scientific papers! 😂

"Every Author as First Author"

https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.01393

Every Author as First Author

We propose a new standard for writing author names on papers and in bibliographies, which places every author as a first author -- superimposed. This approach enables authors to write papers as true equals, without any advantage given to whoever's name happens to come first alphabetically (for example). We develop the technology for implementing this standard in LaTeX, BibTeX, and HTML; show several examples; and discuss further advantages.

arXiv.org
@blinry how about random order? Or is the necessary magic blocked for security reasons today?
@simulo @blinry I have always wanted to have PDFs randomize author order on load. Makes bibliography spicy, though.
@steve @simulo @blinry might as well just use set notation at that point. For a book chapter I contributed to, we included a note that authors' names were alphabetized, and not intended to represent any sort of rank of contribution.
@ben_zen @simulo @blinry Alphabetizing names is the norm in my field, but introduces its own bias...
@steve @ben_zen @simulo @blinry Consider hashes for all contributors - though the choice of algorithm could then become contentious.