If you're a web dev who has had past clients not pay up due to going broke/cashflow issues, then you have a bit of vested interest in seeing them succeed (and then pay you properly).
Curious what parts of the average Australian WFH experience would not be able to be generalised to say the US or European worker (in a similar WFH compatible role?).
The only thing I can think of is our poor (by international standards) home internet speeds.
Students (and some of my coworkers) are now learning new content by reading AI generated text. Of course when tested on this, they are going to respond in the style of AI.
I think we are about 10 years away from dumb fridges only being available from specialized catering or kitchen supply distributors. The screens are coming, they start as the 'luxury' option and then filter down to every single model.
Consider - I vehemently do not want a computer screen in my vehicle. I specifically bought a particular model in 2019 without one. If I want to upgrade, I am unable to exercise my preference though, as new cars without screens are no longer offered for sale.
Screens are cheaper than physical dials, and these days touch screens are cheaper than buttons. That's why car manufacturers have moved to screen dashboards; they've been trying that since the 80s with LED speed indicators, and I can't recall the last physical odometer I've seen in a car. Cars already have navigation consoles built in these days (whether they're Android Auto/CarPlay or something custom) so using those screens as a place to put cheap software buttons to replace expensive physical ones was a matter of time.
There is no cost advantage to putting a screen in front of a fridge.
If you define quality as range of treatment options available, sure. If you define quality as range of treatment options that are accessible, absolutely not.
The shortage of doctors and medical professionals is artifical though, and unevenly distributed. Technology like AI isnt going to solve for structural issues like health insurance and private equity hospital takeovers distorting the healthcare market.
The individuals isnt, but as soon as you attempt to organise a widespread boycott they will come for you. BDS type movements are sucessful, that's why they often get so much push back.
Low income families skew nonconventional/single parent which fractures the extended family unit, less likely to have uncles etc around to step in as a mentor.
Smaller family sizes over the previous generation have also contributed to this.
I have 9 uncles in total (including all my aunts' partners). My kid has one.
Also, if you grow up in a household that rents (moves often or is surrounded by neighbours who move often), you are less likely to have long term reliable neighbours available to form adult-child relationships with.
Important extra step is that the market can't respond and increase capacity - it is increasingly difficult to set up a new vet clinic (nimby, local regulations, insurance, fitout costs) and so any existing vets who wants to roll their own usually can't get capital together to start a new clinic.
