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by bsldld 1317 days ago
> What exactly are you pitching?

Some people have ideas to fix something within the society that they think can be better. Engineers also have some such ideas. I would like to get together engineers so that we can work together on some meaningful project with an aim to solve some social problems.

> The world has a ton of nonprofits

Can be a social enterprise?

> Most humans aren't very effective.

If that is the argument for any new idea/venture, then nothing will ever get done.
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solardev 1317 days ago
I'm saying that there are already many worthwhile projects out there, and not enough time or money to support them all. Rather than asking in vague terms to make the world better, can you be more specific? What projects are you thinking of, what problems are you trying to solve, what skills do you need, etc.?

Your ask is too vague to evaluate. The signal to noise ratio of these things is incredibly low. Maybe your project is different in some significant way. But I can't tell what you're looking for.

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bsldld 1317 days ago
I have two ideas. But, as I said in my post, I am open to ideas from others. Here are my two ideas:

0. Making education funding sustainable without putting student into debt. Businesses will directly fund education as they are one of the major beneficiaries.

1. Creating online, live and interactive multi-lingual dictionaries to help reduce language barrier.

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solardev 1317 days ago
1 is an awesome idea and I'd love to hear more.

2 is wiktionary, I think?

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bsldld 1317 days ago
> 1 is an awesome idea and I'd love to hear more.

Basic idea is to use a federated blockchain platform to form a graph of students, teachers, employers and relevant government agencies. When a student gets a job and starts earning income, a percentage of the salary paid via the employer is sent to the education institution and teachers related to that student. More details are here: https://loan-free-ed.neocities.org

> 2 is wiktionary, I think?

Not exactly Wiktionary. Wiktionary is a static type of dictionary. What I envision is a more dynamic multi-lingual dictionary where there is link for a word from one language to other languages. That way users will be able to explore other languages and learn.

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