09-04-2018 19:24 via theguardian.com

Ready players? Not if the game is young men doing real jobs

A new IMF report shows some stark gender trends in European and US workforce, including one that follows virtual reality in a new Spielberg film
In Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg’s latest blockbuster, much of the population of a desolate future America have abandoned the world of work for the virtual reality of gaming in a software program called the Oasis. A report from the International Monetary Fund on Monday suggests it’s perhaps not such a fanciful future after all.The rathe
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