@davidgerard

“The reason is not that people are Luddites”

Taps on textbook/historical definition of Luddite… that is me actually.

@davidgerard Here in Ohio data centers were fairly widely popular for towns - our newly de-elected Senator John Husted actually made a big deal out of making the state attractive to tech companies building data centers when he was Lt. Gov

What people don't like is AI data centers and the massive exponential growth of buildout these things are getting. The impacts to local communities suck and none of these guys show an inkling of caring so the communities are going to kick their asses out

@davidgerard Comparing protests against data centers with protests against Covid masks? lol eat shit indeed.

@davidgerard The way every last one of them is treating this as a "We just have to communicate this better to the not-Luddites" issue, is absolutely and predictably chef-kiss sleaze-bag.

@davidgerard Now taking advice from Chevron, I'm sure that will sort it.

@davidgerard “I think this election was a big wake-up call . . . to take a pause and think about what’s happening and approach this in a way that’s maybe a little more thoughtful,” (...) “It’s been go, go, go, build, build, build, and some of that has been . . . with head buried in sand.”«

LOL, these head-in-sand dudes when climate change has buried their mega villas and datacenters in sand: »Oh this is a wake-up call for sure - why didn't anyone tell us that we were damaging the climate?«

@davidgerard appreciate the thoughtfulness of also linking the archive link.