"The goals have the support of the research community.  Whatever their failings, it is a major achievement to have a reasonably limited set of overarching goals that the whole world agrees to.  This really helps set priorities for global research. Obviously, fewer goals would help prioritization but then might lack the political legitimacy gained from long negotiations.  The research community must now work to highlight a smaller, coherent set of indicators that integrate across the goals in ways that help coordinate action in different domains.”