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Although the basic idea sounds great, I can't help but think this is a scam. I watched the video and bolted out in disgust.

Starting with irrelevant video footage: big-city homelessness and world hunger are different problems; a healthy newborn baby is hardly an example of a malnourished child; several scenes attempt to associate being black with hunger but show well fed kids instead, one even being fed with a spoon by an overweight caregiver...

Then, the video never explains how the system works. Could have explained the idea while you had me watching.

Not to mention that world hunger is not something you can simply throw cash at. It's been done, doesn't work. This is a very complex problem, involving distribution costs, poverty, corruption and many other factors.

And Deepak Chopra? Seriously? You lost any credibility you might have had.

The whole thing reeks of "for every forwarded email Bill Gates will pay $1 to X". Except Deepak gets that $1.




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