Time Scales and Tradeoffs in Crisis Management - An Excerpt

Explore an edited excerpt from Santa Fe Institute's Flash Workshop on Time Scales and Tradeoffs featuring Jack DeGioia's insights. Delve into the complex interplay between health, economics, and time scales during the COVID-19 pandemic. Examine the challenges of balancing short-term isolation costs against long-term infrastructure benefits, and the struggle for coordinated solutions when health, environmental, and economic timescales clash. Gain valuable perspectives on managing tradeoffs and applying lessons from climate science, network dynamics, sustainability science, and global policy to navigate the current crisis. Discover DeGioia's reflections on academic time and the tension between education and research in higher education.