Not sure anyone really would want to operate on themselves (because the need for a surgeon in an important event in their life is somehow "wrong").
No thanks. I'll take advances that make things easy enough to avoid experts wherever I can get it and leave the bloodlettings (which, with lawyers, will be from your bank account) to others.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid_Rogozov
(If it had been filmed, the video would probably be on YouTube with Dschinghis Khan's "Moskau" as the soundtrack.)
If AI can take care of parking tickets and small claims, perhaps speed up the process by making lawyers quicker at their jobs et cetera et cetera, then it's all good. If it puts pressure on lawmakers to simplify the law, all the better.
Not operate, but since over here in Europe just about any piece of paper passes as a prescription, I tend to print my own. (Most people don't know this, but EU pharmacies are required to accept prescriptions from other EU countries. There's no standard format or verification procedure, so forgery is trivial even if your country has a more secure domestic system)
What's the point of going to (or even calling) a doctor for an antibiotics prescription? It's not like they're going to perform blood tests before prescribing. Want some Cialis for the weekend? Why go to a doctor? You can just pull up the contraindications on Google. Why bother doctor shopping for Ozempic? Just print your own prescription.
If you can pick up drugs like that with an ordinary private prescription in your country, a foreign prescription should work.
For further information:
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/health/prescription-me...
https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/health/prescription-me...
On the other hand, every time I've gone to the doctor with a cold, I've always been prescribed the same antibiotic after basically no examination.
If I had some new, unexpected symptoms, I'd probably want to at least call the doctor.
I don't need a doctor to inspect my tonsils, I have access to a phone with a flashlight.
And for what it's worth, I think I've taken antibiotics twice in the past 4 years. Always according to the instructions on the packaging.
Most countries try to guarantee access to a surgeon when one is needed.
Ask any US Federal DA or US Federal Public Defender who you know to be honest. Any.
It may differ in your country, but it is unlikely.
It differs in my country, and it is very likely. The US follows an anglo approach to law. No country in the EU follows that – I do understand that it is the easiest to assume that other countries work like you expect, though not very productive.
There is no such thing as a “US Federal DA”.
I assume you mean a US Attorney. OTOH, US Attorneys and Federal Public Defenders (in the judicial districts that have them, its a district by district decision under the governing law) may not be the most knowledgeablr about this since most cases are tried in state court and the federal indigent defense delivery system is very different from most state systems, both in structural model and caseload.
Both, but for most people it is simply the price point, so this is the more important issue.
I think no one has a problem, that when setting up complicated contracts with multiple persons involved, a legal expert is necessary, but for very basic things, it should not be, but rather the laws should be more clear and simple.
Even needing an expert at all is an issue - the law that governs society needs to be accessible to members of society, long before they reach the point of litigation.
Teaching is even more important, and we use professional teachers. Building a house is also an important moment in our lives, and most people would do well to accept the advice of a professional architect.
There are often daily situations where both citizens and police don't know really know what the law is.
Reform is proven to be really hard. But that's the tragedy.
For instance taxes shouldn't really be more complicated then filling in a simple automated form. Also for businesses. And it should really be the burden of the government taxing that it's all clear. But it's not and it's a mess and the burden is put on the people.
Generally, the fact of the matter is simply that law is highly complex and the way it evolves is almost always by creating new laws, not getting rid of old ones. That's unfortunate obviously, but just like you don't just rewrite the Linux kernel, you can't just reset the legal foundation.
And of course, laws are made mostly by lawyers. So they don't have much of an incentive to change things.
Likewise, taxes should be simple and understandable and doable. Don't undersell our importance as citizens; We should demand more because we deserve well!
I think they call this “representative democracy”.
In fact, it is so complex for the average IQ that even some judges can't do it right, even the basics.
The complexity is intentional - it's to make lawyers the maximum possible money while avoiding maximum accountability.
There is a problem where the laws so complex and numerous it is no longer practical to understand them or follow them all. People have a bias and don't seem very good at separating "good idea in the current context" from "thing that should be legally required". Let alone navigating the complexity of the phrase "cost benefit analysis". Anyone who lives life while obeying all laws to the letter is at a serious disadvantage to the average human - although since it is impossible to know what all the laws are it is unlikely anyone could do this.
But that arcanery isn't what drives the need for lawyers. You'd have to be crazy to engage with something as powerful as a legal system on your own. And crazy people do frequently represent themselves already.