It is a bit hard to keep up with this constant exchange of comments and barbs between the opposing parties of the White Paper. I haven't read it, but I suppose much of it has to do with trend projections and the suitable measures to match those trends.

It all seems a waste to me since those future projections are always done with a certain factor being a constant; with a certain variable assumed to be unchanging. With the myriad of variables, plenty of views and therefore solutions can be proposed, depending on which variable, or micro-variable one assumes to be constant.

I am not sure if we can do without such trend projections, but do with it feels meaningless. It's like projecting how I'd look 40 years from now. It is near impossible to factor in all the possible things that will affect my facial features, and predicting and applying the effects with the highest possibilities means that somewhere along the line, certain variable(s) is/are not being considered.

What is most important is to gear infrastructure - legal, physical, or whatnot - to adapt to short-term projection and changes.