> the problem is no one has actually expressed a goal we're working towards I hadn't thought about this explicitly but I'd also say this is most of the problem

> the problem is no one has actually expressed a goal we're working towards I hadn't thought about this explicitly but I'd also say this is most of the problem. Working in academia, some facet of our policies changes on a daily basis in knee-jerk reactions. Worse yet, my area of research is infectious disease and I imagine this must be how climate scientists feel when policy decisions just get drawn out with no goal.