It might also become a backdoor recruitment channel for undiscovered brainiacs worldwide.
It’s always been predicted, by economists, that in a free market society, wealth tends to flatten over time. So the fact that third world countries have improved their ability to teach their populace is reflective of that.
But it also reflects that it is the West that got fat and lazy. The fact that some kid in Bombay choose to maximize his opportunity to study hard science, math and engineering should have that opportunity that the world presents itself. It is the fault of West that most of our kids use their time unproductively.