One of the main reasons that Australian's aren't properly informed about things is because we have a very average media. OK we also have a mediocre education system but at least Julia is dealing with that - after a decade of wilful neglect.
Last night was an example of how average our television media is. Now I have zero interest in OZ television but occasionally I do watch the ABC - and when I got home last night the "New Inventors" was screening.
And of the usual three inventions - two were "tradies" inventions. This is the ongoing theme of the show - introduce a bunch of low level and lightweight things as "new inventions" because the host has no clue and the producers have obviously worked out that the audience can't absorb anything that is even mildly high tech.
So we end up with a bunch of "inventions" that are more at home in a Bogan workshop than a high brow ABC show. It's a real shame. Fortunately one of the inventions was hi-tech - and it actually won - despite the best efforts of the host who is probably still wondering why. This show is mostly junk.
But over on SBS we had a great BBC program featuring James May and his worldwide pursuit of "robot" technology. Fantastic stuff - despite the fact that the most advanced robot there was actually designed and built in the 1980's.
It just goes to show how we are faring in the global "intellectual capability" stakes - pretty average actually with no prospect of any improvement soon.
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