You are onto something but I would suggest a slightly different conclusion: that...

		janalsncm 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Inheriting is becoming nearly as important as work... You are onto something but I would suggest a slightly different conclusion: that the best and brightest STEM students are attracted to the shiniest jobs, which right now involve programming computers to trade money (HFT) and teaching computers to do advertising (ML-backed ads). Neither of those are fundamentally useful.

Ads are waning. Due to ATT and centralization.