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Artificial intelligence
If I'm not a machine, why is my wrist vibrating?
UX design · Law
In digital sales, compliance has become a UX design problem.
Artificial intelligence
Don’t let the AI engine drive the strategy
Artificial intelligence · Law
A.I. won't fix your digital compliance problems
Law · UX design
"First, kill all the lawyers."
Mental health
People tell me I’m ‘one of the smartest’. Do I need drugs to overcome my chaos?
“Will you take the drugs?” This is the question on everyone’s lips upon learning of my ADHD diagnosis. I’ve always considered medication a last resort remedy for mental health and there’s a…
The Age / SMH ·
Politics
Albanese’s greatest election threat isn’t Dutton. It’s the woke left
The severed feet of Captain Cook’s bronze statue in St Kilda made for a sorry sight on Australia Day eve last year. This year, Australia Day falls in the shadow of a…
The Age / SMH ·
Economics · Public policy
Don’t say the S-word out loud, but Australia secretly loves socialism
When my mother suffered a stroke a few months ago, my heart filled with dread at the thought of her lying at the mercy of our oft-maligned public health system. I needn’t have worried – the treatment she received was first class, and she’s on the way to a full recovery. We’ve rightly come to expect top-shelf healthcare, and politicians meddle with it at their peril. But here’s the rub: universal health coverage is a socialist principle. And Australia despises socialism … doesn’t it?
The Age / SMH ·
National identity · Politics
No, Australia is not ‘a racist country’. Laura Tingle is wrong
“Ya black gimp,” spat the football player. He was angry the ball had been called out of bounds before he could reach it. The comment was directed at me. During high school…
The Age / SMH ·
Economics · Public policy
Unemployment benefits: Australian JobSeeker payments are too low
We shouldn’t give unemployed people more money. The answer is to get them into jobs. That’s the message politicians routinely trot out when it’s suggested we should give the unemployed a leg…
The Age / SMH ·
Popular culture
Celebrity documentaries are in their streaming golden era, but they hardly reveal the whole truth
Early in the Beckham docuseries, David Beckham gatecrashes his wife Victoria’s interview to cast shade on her working-class roots by revealing she was driven to school in a Rolls Royce. On face…
The Age / SMH ·
National identity · Politics
Australians are too modest, our nation is much greater than America
A strange thing has happened to me over the past couple of years. I fell in love with my country for the first time. Yeah, I know. American-style patriotism has always irked…
The Age / SMH ·
Education · Economics
The great uni gender divide: where the boys and girls are at, and where their choices take them
The economy has transformed since women began entering tertiary education in large numbers but what choices are today's young men and women making? And where will those choices lead them?
The Age ·
Education · Economics
How to get on in the world without a degree
Universities are in the business of selling dreams. Thinking of joining the circus? Consider a bachelor of circus arts. Want to be the next Steve Jobs? Get yourself a master of entrepreneurship.…
The Age ·
Politics · Education
Once were campus warriors
In the photographs, he seems to be floating above the melee, his famously impassive face showing just the slightest hint of unease. It's August 1976 and Malcolm Fraser is surrounded by demonstrators…
The Age ·
Education
Is clowning worth a degree?
Professor Richard James knows a thing or two about degrees. As director of the University of Melbourne's Centre for the Study of Higher Education he's devoted years to the topic, but when…
The Age ·
Education · Public policy
What’s the score on the ENTER?
VCE students are awaiting the four digits that may shape their lives. But what lies behind those numbers?
The Age ·
Education
Forward by degrees
Many professionals are going back to university to get ahead. But are the time and money worth it?
The Age ·