`` Let Them Eat Code `` By Atossa Abrahamians - 871 Words

In Atossa Abrahamians article titled â€Å"Let Them Eat Code,† she discusses the growing problem of homelessness in America and society’s failure to recognize their contribution to homelessness. Abrahamian specially focuses her discussion on technology entrepreneurs who approach alleviating homeless in a negative manner or exploit the homeless to benefit their businesses. Throughout her paper, Abrahamian examines numerous problematic instances in which technology moguls used the misfortune of homeless citizens as learning tool to develop innovations for their businesses. Abrahamian traces this exploitation to society’s tendency to view homeless individuals as â€Å"primordial† instead of human beings like the rest of humanity. By observing different problematic incidents of exploitation and their origins, she supports her argument that â€Å"polite society† has contributed to the â€Å"plight† of homelessness (Abrahamian 3,4). In analyzing Ab rahamian’s article, I agree with her opinion that American society has a negative outlook toward the homeless and often refuses to acknowledge their contribution to homelessness in the United States. Early in her argument, Abrahamian emphasizes her belief that â€Å"society has failed its poorest members† (Abrahamian 4). She supports her point by describing a situation in which two prominent entrepreneurs made cruel insensitive comments about the disadvantage people of San Francisco on social media. The successful entrepreneurs, Greg Gopman and Peter Shih,