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Lol realestate agents are like the mercenary class now

Consultants don't advise, they find 'evidence' to justify policy positions. They're also not subject to FOI requests and don't have to follow the same codes that public servants do. Governments love consultants because they usually don't actually want good evidence-based advice, they just want to tick the box that says they did 'research'.

I say this as a phd student who wants to go into academia but will probably end up working for one of these consultants because the government would rather give them money than fund actual research.

We kind of need immigrants to offset our aging population.

Psychotherapy is about building a working relationship. Transference is a big part of this relationship. I don't feel like I'd be able to build the same kind of therapeutic relationship with an AI that I would with another human. That doesn't mean AI can't be a therapeutic tool. I can see how it could be beneficial with things like positive affirmations and disrupting negative thinking patterns. But this wouldn't be a substitute for psychotherapy, just a tool for enhancing it.

One of these things is not like the others though...

I love that generational inequality can be measured in this way. It would be great to see how different policy changes in the last 50 - 60 years correlate across generation groups.

Lol I'm a phd candidate at that university. I think they're doing this to look woke. This is a thing universities do to try and hide the fact that they are super conservative institutions.

It's a bit more complex than this. Most lecturers are qualified, they're just on insecure casual contracts. Try delivering high equality education knowing you're on a contract that may or may not be extended. There's also a gtowing pressure to pass students. This comes from both management and the students themselves. A lot of students feel like they've purchased the right to a passing grade. I no longer give students positive feedback because if I do they'll think it means I should have given them a higher grade.

The merit required for most academic roles is almost inhumanely high. You generally need a phd, publications, conference presentations, extensive teaching experience, and evidence of professional service (peer reviewing, committee memberships etc - often unpaid). In the more practical based degrees (which is where I teach) the hiring criteria may be more focused on industry experience. So these fields may have some non-phd qualified lecturers. Many unit coordinators also do get their phd students to do tutoring (some even lecturing) but this has always been the case and you've got to learn to teach somehow.

Don't worry it's gaining speed everywhere else as well.

He's always been a fascist. What's the media's excuse for giving him so much attention when it was clear from the moment he rolled down that escalator. Also, find me a narcissistic politician that isn't a fascist?

Can't be the only person who read this in Bernie's voice.

They were a product of the lnp government whose whole selling point is essentially "we're bringing down your taxes". You can see it for example in how they always campaign around the narrative that Labor are coming for your money. Death taxes - the Bill Australia can't afford etc. That and 'stop the boats'. It's very effective I guess, who doesn't want to pay less taxes? Most people don't really understand the complexities of why paying tax is good for economic equity and how we all benefit from properly funded services.