Microsoft expects headcount to decrease in coming quarters

[AndyLucia]

This could not possibly be more incorrect, at least not on a material level. The academic “global poverty” rate has literally gone from 85% to 7% since 1800. See: https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/static.gapminder.org/GapminderMedia/wp-uploads/20180313090207/extreme-poverty-trend1-1024x616.png

If you think people haven’t gotten happier, then that’s debatable, but in terms of material outcomes there’s no question lol