Every once in a while, we are reminded that our lifestyle comes at the expense of others. Slavery Footprint (a website, with mobile apps to come) pins it down to the very concrete. Their thought-provoking (and beautifully designed) survey will calculate “how many slaves work for you”. The average, the site says, is 21. I’m at 30. How many slaves work for you?

From Weekly Filet #37, in September 2011.

How Many Slaves Work For You?

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