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> All those people have access to the sum of all human knowledge and the ability to educate themselves almost as well (some would argue even better) than studen

> All those people have access to the sum of all human knowledge and the ability to educate themselves almost as well (some would argue even better) than students of the most expensive universities. They can communicate with anyone at almost no marginal cost, and can sell products and services to basically anyone else on the planet. Is this even happening though?

tomhoward 9y ago
Out of Coursera's 18 million registered learners, 1.3 million are from India with top registered learners hailing from Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad, the website said today. Driven by the vast interest coming from Bengaluru, technology hub, nearly half of enrollments in the country are in technology courses such as computer science (25 per cent) and data science (18 per cent). - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/bengaluru-tops-online-learning-in-india-coursera/articleshow/52078732.cms http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/educat... Top Freelancing countries on Elance: India $312,865,112/649,566 freelancers United States $310,023,579/1,123,935 freelancers Ukraine $72,429,514/29,341 freelancers Pakistan $71,061,107/176,011 freelancers United Kingdom $35,320,646/126,670 freelancers Canada $31,379,228/85,639 freelancers Romania $28,062,831/44,305 freelancers Russia $27,416,743/21,045 freelancers Philippines $18,261,489/178,725 freelancers Argentina $17,796,295 China $17,518,704/28,752 freelancers Serbia $13,600,638/18,577 freelancers Bangladesh $11,092,326/66,970 freelancers https://www.elance.com/trends/talent-available/geo#GeoRanking https://www.elance.com/trends/talent-available/geo#GeoRankin...
- nashashmi 9y ago
  And when you try net income per person, you get: Ukraine $2,468.54 Russia $1,302.77 Serbia $732.12 Romania $633.40 China $609.30
  - tomhoward 9y ago
    Thanks, I'm capable of using a calculator :D There will naturally be a distribution of incomes among those people, with some people earning little or nothing, and some people earning a lot. The point is that whatever the income a given person is earning, that is income that was unavailable to them before modern computing and communications devices became affordable to them. That's money that people are using to build better lives for themselves, their families and their communities. As I said, that is the point of making things cheaper.

tomhoward 9y ago

Out of Coursera's 18 million registered learners, 1.3 million are from India with top registered learners hailing from Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad, the website said today. Driven by the vast interest coming from Bengaluru, technology hub, nearly half of enrollments in the country are in technology courses such as computer science (25 per cent) and data science (18 per cent). - http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/bengaluru-tops-online-learning-in-india-coursera/articleshow/52078732.cms http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/educat... Top Freelancing countries on Elance: India $312,865,112/649,566 freelancers United States $310,023,579/1,123,935 freelancers Ukraine $72,429,514/29,341 freelancers Pakistan $71,061,107/176,011 freelancers United Kingdom $35,320,646/126,670 freelancers Canada $31,379,228/85,639 freelancers Romania $28,062,831/44,305 freelancers Russia $27,416,743/21,045 freelancers Philippines $18,261,489/178,725 freelancers Argentina $17,796,295 China $17,518,704/28,752 freelancers Serbia $13,600,638/18,577 freelancers Bangladesh $11,092,326/66,970 freelancers https://www.elance.com/trends/talent-available/geo#GeoRanking https://www.elance.com/trends/talent-available/geo#GeoRankin...

nashashmi 9y ago
And when you try net income per person, you get: Ukraine $2,468.54 Russia $1,302.77 Serbia $732.12 Romania $633.40 China $609.30
- tomhoward 9y ago
  Thanks, I'm capable of using a calculator :D There will naturally be a distribution of incomes among those people, with some people earning little or nothing, and some people earning a lot. The point is that whatever the income a given person is earning, that is income that was unavailable to them before modern computing and communications devices became affordable to them. That's money that people are using to build better lives for themselves, their families and their communities. As I said, that is the point of making things cheaper.