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As other commenter said, prob has more to do with growth of computing in the developing world. Very little labor now that can't be done by someone living in a c

As other commenter said, prob has more to do with growth of computing in the developing world. Very little labor now that can't be done by someone living in a country where breakfast costs less than 25 cents. I mean, theoretically at least. Most of those people probably aren't learning from professors who spend their whole day teaching and doing research, and that kind of activity can only be supported by a relatively wealthy society. But, the internet has also democratized a lot of that activity. Well, its complicated either way.

keyringlight 2y ago
It seems like a similar challenge as looking at the steam hardware survey stats, it's probably the best public source of information but it's too much of an overview to make anything but the most general conclusions from it. Within that data there's going to be millions of different stories if you could divide it up a bit - what are common combinations of hardware, what are common combinations in different age ranges, what is used for playing games of different ages, what's common in different locations in the world. Valve could possibly tie hardware to software purchasing activity as well what is played.
taneq 2y ago
> Most of those people probably aren't learning from professors who spend their whole day teaching and doing research, and that kind of activity can only be supported by a relatively wealthy society. Nope, as your next sentence says, they're learning off forums, Stack Overflow, YouTube and ChatGPT like the rest of us. :P