Re:Fighting Homelessness, One Smartphone at a Time
by joe_the_user on Tuesday April 14, 2015 @02:43PM
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The thing is that the current economy throws a number of otherwise competent people onto the streets. And those people are indeed resourceful and able to deal with the situation.
The problem is that the experience of being homeless - lack of sleep, lack of privacy and lack of self-respect, will drive a substantial number of them insane and then things get harder.
The thing is, when there are relatively few jobs and many of those jobs pay marginal wages that keep people at the edge of homelessness, just spreading resources around more efficiently won't change the basic situation. Essentially you have a tread mill that encompasses more and more people despite these people's willingness and ability to take advantage of existing resources.
The problem is that the experience of being homeless - lack of sleep, lack of privacy and lack of self-respect, will drive a substantial number of them insane and then things get harder.
The thing is, when there are relatively few jobs and many of those jobs pay marginal wages that keep people at the edge of homelessness, just spreading resources around more efficiently won't change the basic situation. Essentially you have a tread mill that encompasses more and more people despite these people's willingness and ability to take advantage of existing resources.