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0 pointsandriesm5mo ago0 comments

I find it hard to locate my sympathy button for people who smash and burn things built up by other people.

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The act of destruction is not inherently evil, it is a matter of what it targets. You can burn down the Library of Alexandria or you can bust open a concentration camp. (These are just some extreme examples, some datacenter isn’t morally equal to either).

saulpw5mo ago

Datacenters aren't built by people, they're built by corporations.

einsteinx25mo ago

Corporations which are entirely made up of people. Not to mention the people that physically built and maintain the data center.

Or did the actual legal fiction of a corporation do it? Maybe the articles of incorporation documents got up and did the work themselves?

saulpw5mo ago

It means that no one cares about the creations except in terms of money. If an Oracle building burns down and no one is hurt, I wouldn't shed a single tear. If an artistic graffiti mural adorned its wall, I would be more upset.

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saulpw5mo ago

Datacenters aren't built by people, they're built by corporations.

einsteinx25mo ago

Corporations which are entirely made up of people. Not to mention the people that physically built and maintain the data center.

Or did the actual legal fiction of a corporation do it? Maybe the articles of incorporation documents got up and did the work themselves?

saulpw5mo ago

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