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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Hi Hans,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The challenge is to operate short-term to long-term, recognizing that change is exponential in our world from the timescales of: weeks-years with our global pandemic; months-decades
with high-technologies; and years to centuries with atmospheric carbon dioxide and our global human population.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">We are still in our infancy to operate as a globally-interconnected civilization with informed decisionmaking across a ‘continuum of urgencies’, which is well-illustrated by your
observations.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">I hope you are enjoying a pleasant weekend. Stay healthy!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">With best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> CODATA-international [mailto:codata-international-bounces@lists.codata.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Hans Pfeiffenberger<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, May 2, 2020 8:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> codata-international@lists.codata.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CODATA-international] UNESCO Global Consultations on Open Science - Diagram Paul Berkman adapted<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Dear Paul,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Am 01.05.20 um 17:30 schrieb Berkman, Paul A:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">we are working with effectively infinite and instantaneous information access in our digital era.
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<p>I think you might reconsider this statement a bit, in light of the current pandemic:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>There is "The Reality" of infections happening, and in the "Information Space" the point in time when these infections can be seen in PDF-statistics or on (public or confidential) dashboards. Not only is there a delay due to the asymptomatic-while-infectious
period (which could only be overcome by daily testing of all or of a representative sample), but then a delay due to the processing of tests plus delays in reporting which typically add up to some days (almost a week?). The only thing which is instantaneous
about that is the access to these results after reporting and collating is finished (e.g., the Johns Hopkins site; these people are doing an amazing job!)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>=> This leads to consequences of decisions to be noticed only after two to three weeks or so, rather than one week (including incubation time).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Also, as to "infinite", I am afraid we know next to nothing about many countries - whether these countries don't have the economic capacity or the logistics to acquire the data or prefer not to disclose them.
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<p>=> This will lead to widespread uncertainty about how and when to resume global (or even trans-national) trade and travel.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Of course, both of these observations lead to my previous points about openness and real-time operations (and trust), as desirables for the future.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>best,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Hans<o:p></o:p></p>
<pre>-- <o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Hans Pfeiffenberger<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre>Consultant, scientific data infrastructures & policies<o:p></o:p></pre>
<pre><a href="http://www.hans-pfeiffenberger.de">www.hans-pfeiffenberger.de</a><o:p></o:p></pre>
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