The lack of professionals in government I recently had a very interesting conversation with one of my students here on italki regarding the situation in Brazil viz the abandoned/ill-used World Cup and Olympic infrastructure. Surely those projects were ill-advised, as was the entire bid for those two events. My question is: why aren't there more professionals in government? Surely Civil Engineers in government could have foretold the calamity befalling the country now? Unless of course, I am woefully uninformed and there is more to the story and there actually exists such professionals in governments (not just Brazil), but they give poor advice?

How important are psychologists in 2018? It seems that as the world has undergone massive social change, more people need the occasional visit to the couch and clipboard to vent out more, and clear their minds. I really have noticed an upward trend in the need for emotional support, and the good doctors are there to make it all better. Do you think we, as a species, need more support to deal with the world as it is today compared to ten years ago?