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In what way is it similar?

• jstummbillig 5mo ago
  So, where does electricity leave us? In a perpetual loop of rent-seeking for something made with humanity’s collective output of centuries. It is not a good place for an individual to be in, regardless of class.
  • thrance 5mo ago
    What? People made electricity manually for centuries, collectively? And who were the electricity rent-seekers? Electricity has almost always been a public service.
    • jstummbillig 5mo ago
      People also don't make data centers, GPU, or do AI research collectively. The part that is made, collectively, are the layers of knowledge required to provide either. > Electricity has almost always been a public service. I have no clue where that would be true, if anywhere. Not where I live. I am paying a private company, and the electricity that they are selling me is generated by other private companies.