Datacenter opposition: Rationalized anxiety or confused reasoning?
JeffLadish · x · 2026-08-22
JeffLadish discusses motivations behind opposition to datacenters. He suggests people are anxious due to the pace of technology, which is a correct intuition in this case, even if the specific reasons given are often confused or irrational.
He questions whether a motivation based on correct intuition but confused reasoning should be classified as correct or incorrect.
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