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What's the alternative - give up all hope of civilization being able to accomplish anything good? I get it - there's lobbyists and "enshitification" and a milli
by freetime2 5mo ago
What's the alternative - give up all hope of civilization being able to accomplish anything good? I get it - there's lobbyists and "enshitification" and a million other things wrong with the world to contend with. But there's an awful lot of good things that humans have built, too. Despite certain aspects of life getting shittier, I still don't want to go back in time and live in any other point in history. And I can't even if I did.
I guess one alternative would be to just stop building data centers altogether. But to me that feels like giving up on progress. I'd rather try to figure out ways to make data centers suck less.
- fellowmartian 5mo agoIt’s debatable whether data centers is “civilization”. Civilization, in theory, should be a a benefit to all. Data centers provide basically zero benefit to communities where they get built. They don’t even get to tax the value the compute inside creates. It’s just an ugly, loud, power and water hungry box as far as they’re concerned.
- ryukoposting 5mo ago> What's the alternative Protest? Picket? Boycott? Hold your boss accountable for this shit? Come on, the type of person who browses HN is just about the only type of person who has both the desire to impart change, and the means to do so.