Homeless people used as mobile Wi-Fi hotspots (2012)

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24 pointsKomoD3 comments

Seems like an manufactured controversy - homeless people were given a temporary job and earned money. What's the difference in paying them to show a shop / company sign on the streets to asking them to roam around in a conference with a hotspot device?

Nothing. Both are exploitative. An economic system that does not maximize human flourishing by enhacing an individual’s ability to choose how they spend their time and energy is at its foundation inequitable and exploitative.

Homelessness people are especially vulnerable to being used for the ends of others.

20 a day is not a job worthy wage as I understand it.

The T shirts were also dehumanising. It wouldn't have taken much effort to go from "I'm Clarence a mobile Hotspot" to "I'm Clarence and I'm carrying a mobile Hotspot."

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