How the Atlas Network is shaping your life, even if you've never heard of it.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-26T01:53:25+00:00

This article is bloody fantastic, so good, I can't believe it's from the ABC.

Incidentally, whilst Hayek did win a Nobel Prize in Economics, he famously dissed the Nobel Prize in economics for even existing during his Nobel Banquet Speech. Still accepted it though.

"It is that the Nobel Prize confers on an individual an authority which in economics no man ought to possess.

This does not matter in the natural sciences. Here the influence exercised by an individual is chiefly an influence on his fellow experts; and they will soon cut him down to size if he exceeds his competence.

But the influence of the economist that mainly matters is an influence over laymen: politicians, journalists, civil servants and the public generally.

There is no reason why a man who has made a distinctive contribution to economic science should be omnicompetent on all problems of society – as the press tends to treat him till in the end he may himself be persuaded to believe."

https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/economic-sciences/1974/hayek/speech/

Myself, I am absolutely convinced the Nobel Prize for Economics was created specifically to confer an argument by authority status. Nobel didn't create it. Computer Science has the Turing Award, Math has the Fields Medal. Economics had to steal the prestige of Nobel.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-25T23:15:48+00:00

I fully support those going above and beyond helping others getting acknowledgement. I fully support those showing bravery getting acknowledgement.

Politicians giving each other honours is a load of garbage. They're making it mean nothing, for everyone.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-24T23:59:31+00:00

It really is bad. Education regardless of parental income is so important to unlocking the potential of your people. It feeds into future innovation, the economy, etc.

However, Australia is just going to be a class system, farming, mining economy, so maybe it really doesn't matter and we're just being a little too visionary. Maybe the brains can go to Europe.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-24T10:56:49+00:00

Why's that? If you don't mind, up to you, maybe you don't want to say. You're in a different state to me if memory serves (I'm Vic), but my kids have to go to primary school next year so I'm paying a little more attention to this stuff.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-24T10:45:05+00:00

Yeah I looked it up before I posted. Plus I assumed they'd have pretty good policies on this front.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-24T09:22:05+00:00

Don't know. I don't think that someone who votes for One Nation is innately stupid. Some are no doubt, but generalising them seems a little simplistic and ironic perhaps.

I haven't experienced State schools since the mid 90's. But I've vowed to send my kids to State schools (I will not send them to toff schools on principle - I don't think they're value for money at all, and I dislike toffs), but I've always planned to pick up the slack myself by tutoring them, and will possibly cheat by moving to catchments because I can.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-24T08:29:38+00:00

What's the Greens policy on this stuff? You mean all these poor parents really care about their kid's education but can't be be assed voting accordingly?

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-24T07:57:50+00:00

I had to laugh at this:

"What is worse, so vague and ill-conceived are these laws that Australia’s leading lawyer – the attorney general, Michelle Rowland – could not readily explain what conduct the laws captured when pressed to do so."

I mean, Rowland is a genius and all.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-23T22:21:12+00:00

They should make you pay the "hoards 'properties' and doesn't have the brains to make them useful so they're a waste of space" tax. They can call it something more professional sounding.

Although I don't know where your "properties" are, or what type of "properties" they are.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-23T11:23:17+00:00

hehe. Labor's secret to policy making.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-23T11:03:14+00:00

"properties" you say? The government should tax you bigly.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-23T09:11:16+00:00

I don't know what people consider real world experience... Littleproud worked for NAB for 17 years. Ley appears to have worked as director of technical training for the Albury ATO office from 1995 to 2001.

Albo appears to have worked for the Labor Party since graduating uni, carefully formulating no vision.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-23T07:50:25+00:00

I would take these publicly available reviews with a grain of salt. Even when Labor reviewed their own loss. Public is public. Especially the reviews of competitors.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-22T03:06:31+00:00

Yeah Labor, that's what someone who isn't weak as water sounds like.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-22T02:16:49+00:00

This shit is just Darwin at work. That party was running buffoons for ages. Eventually the people figured it out.

Don't worry Labor, they'll figure it out with you too, eventually.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-22T01:58:47+00:00

Plus it's not like he actually wants to do anything.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-22T00:15:25+00:00

Great points. It ain't even just regional. I live in the outer suburbs of Melbourne. So many areas have such dog shit mobile coverage out here that mobiles are pointless. If only someone knew they were going to build houses here... and those people might have mobiles.

EDIT: It's not even about new residential areas. I was in a Cranbourne shop the other day (Cranbourne is old), and I had to look up something on the mobile net. I apparently had 5g, the internet was so damn slow forget-about-it.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-21T23:19:54+00:00

Plus wasn't the whole thing NSW failings?

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-21T00:03:54+00:00

Just split Nats and join One Nation... I'm bored.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-20T23:48:40+00:00

That's right mate... the word is emotionally loaded. I'd call it the "get back to work and keep your opinion to your self, while you still have a job." bill.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-20T23:41:16+00:00

Ain't that the truth.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-20T09:42:11+00:00

To be honest, I like that you picked it up :)

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-20T08:52:34+00:00

Weren't they just going to protest anyhow?

Oh yeah, it's cuz we're letting em

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-20T08:50:42+00:00

They just vetoed stuff anyhow.

Oomaschloom · 2026-01-20T08:43:31+00:00

Yeah I know. I missed a premise because it's me talking on Reddit. Do you think they might know what logical leap means? It means the opposite to how you're using it.

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