Today, slavery is more rampant than ever, with the Anti-Slavery Organisation estimating that 27.6 million people currently live in modern slavery. This is more than ever before in history. This illicit activity makes over an estimated US $236 billion yearly—with the profits demonstrating the comparatively little cost of each life. Even developed nations’ governments put figures on what a ‘life’ is worth—because, after all, although it’s nice to think that we are each invaluable, the toll for the consideration of the ‘greater good’ makes this much more difficult to achieve realistically. While it seems harsh, it’s not only big corporations or soulless perpetrators that put value on life. Even we ourselves demand some sort of value-ranking system as we decide who to spend time with, who to listen to, or, often more painfully, how much each of us feel we ourselves are worth.