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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
18h ago“When workers get more protection, some businesses say they cannot survive it. Who have you seen get that balance right?”
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What did streaming do to the people who actually make things?: The Story
$753 Zoë Keating is a cellist who loops her own instrument live. In 2019, she posted a document that read like something recovered from the ruins of a civilization that forgot how to pay people. Spotify: $753 for 206,011 plays.... Why does modern slavery still exist?: The Story
Fifty million In 2022, the ILO published a number that should have ended every other conversation for a week: 49.6 million people in modern slavery. Twenty-eight million in forced labor. Twenty-two million in forced marriage.... - Eric Stevens...
THE PROBLEM
In the late 1960s, the streets were loud for good reason. Americans protested polluted rivers, unsafe factories, poisoned neighborhoods, and abusive labor conditions. The pressure was real. The suffering was real. And protest worked in the short term. In response, the U.S....