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ada1981

How can hackers help? How might we create new technology to eradicate this? How might we create tech to empower the slaves?

I'd love for us to begin using our brainpower and super powers to dismantle these power structures instead of the next "uber for x" app.

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One way might just be to find a more cost-effective way to make that same salt, and put those farmers out of business.

A hack might be to use drones to run surveillance on those places.

The longer-term and stable solution is to have governments or community to care for those people so they are not homeless and vulnerable.

Yes. Perhaps inventing a technology that would eliminate the need for slaves and selling it to the farmers at a price point below the cost of slaves.

Also, perhaps a salt farm that was operated by the homeless, set up as a social enterprise and branded as such. Since this seems to be a luxury item, the increased price and status could be desirable.

Create automation to produce the salt, organize a B Corp [+], use any profits from the production to support the homeless and mentally ill.

[+] http://www.bcorporation.net/

hubris isn't a super power

Not exactly sure what you mean here.. By super power I was referring to creativity, coding skills, ability to solve problems,etc.

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