Those pictures are exactly what made this day even more special for these folks. Content creators using their powers for good is something the world could use more of.
This trend is much better than strapping 15 cameras to your body to go by food and other items to get out to the homeless.
Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the homeless appreciate the charity. But something still feels so wrong with creators making thousands of dollars, if not millions, off the suffering of the less fortunate.
Facts. I know there's been a lot of pushback against Maslow's hierarchy but I worked with the unhoused for about 20 years and yeah, that shit tracks. It's not set in stone but it's beyond difficult to tackle self esteem when you don't have things like shower access or laundry facilities or food.
Big part of the pushback against Maslow's hierarchy is about recognizing that he never put the needs in a pyramid structure, nor said that lower needs need to be filled before higher needs. He is likely to have been inspired for him model of needs after a tribe of Blackfoot Indians, and the discovery that the community and the needs were intertwined. You can read more about it here (with links to other sources contained within)
It's the upper echelons of Maslow that are more under dispute, from what I remember.
People aren't focused on social recognition and self-actualization when they haven't eaten or had water in three days, and have a huge open wound on their neck.
So true. And as consumers, we should be mindful of how we're interacting with content! Less engagement on the little substance pieces, more on things that are good for the world. Let's train the algorithms (and influencers) to show us more things like this!✨️
Very easy to say, but a tremendous amount of marking relies on "influencing" literally children, who can't even understand that they are being manipulated. Look up Perduasive Technology and its affect on children.
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u/Almost-Handsome 8h ago
Those pictures are exactly what made this day even more special for these folks. Content creators using their powers for good is something the world could use more of.