I used to make tools for people who model epidemics. Then our budget shifted to instead focus on making pretty graphs for decision makers. > How can we fix thi

I used to make tools for people who model epidemics. Then our budget shifted to instead focus on making pretty graphs for decision makers. > How can we fix this? Politics. There is no way around it. Money will go into what rich people are interested in. Public spending is the way to make it go in other directions. Unless you have an idea to profit off wildlife monitoring, you'll need a public official convinced that this is a project worth doing.