RethinkX's Adam Dorr: banning datacenters would cost future cancer patients their lives
adam_dorr · x · 2026-11-08
Adam Dorr of RethinkX posted a pointed moral argument in the datacenter debate: imagine a woman named Maria diagnosed with cancer in 2033 — if she dies, it will be because "we were foolish enough to ban datacenters."
- He rebuts common anti-datacenter arguments (protecting jobs, cheaper power), claiming datacenters will drive power costs down, not up
- He frames opposition to datacenters as a "profound failure of compassion for future generations," ironically inconsistent with how we treat other long-term issues like climate change
This is a representative pro-acceleration moral argument in the datacenter controversy, sure to spark debate over whether pausing AI sacrifices near-term medical progress.
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