In 2016 I had participated in a citizen science project with a narrow focus on the marine life in Black Sea. It was funded by EU. As you can expect, nothing came out of it. I keep on seeing such narrow-focused projects, especially from Europe. Wasting resources shouldn’t be that easy.
Even in the day of the project, I had proposed a more general citizen science infrastructure that would last for decades, but couldn't get any support because I was told that EU wouldn't fund it. Europe’s major failure point is, they want to satisfy as much people as possible and end up satisfying none. However, in the age of harsh global competition, Europe is losing ground. They have to invest more on bigger infrastructures and unite their effort.
My proposition to Europe is to establish a unified infrastructure such as the Global Data Bank I proposed so long ago. As a result, any data input by scientists and citizens can be aggregated into one. We have one Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and many more. However, Europe still do not have such a global social media platform. Create one for the science. Instead of supporting tiny niche projects, establish a proper infrastructure and the niches would fill in the gaps inside.
The same scattering applies to Space, Computer technologies and many more.
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