Yet another Hacker News

22 points ent101 57 minutes ago 14 comments

stbenjam 32 minutes ago | parent

I'm convinced the anti data center movement is foreign propaganda

marcus_holmes 28 minutes ago | parent

I know actual people who are deeply opposed to AI (well, the current AI tech anyway), for what seem to them to be good moral reasons.

I find the attitude a bit weird and very left-wing purity-spiral stuff, but it is a real attitude that real people have.

someothherguyy 18 minutes ago | parent

what is the purity spiral and why is it left wing?

it seems like a group of issues that the general public might be concerned about

gruez 15 minutes ago | parent

>what is the purity spiral and why is it left wing?

People trying to 1-up each other leading to the beliefs of a group being more polarized[1]. The naming doesn't imply it's a partisan phenomenon, any more than "right wing politician" implies politicians are a right wing phenomenon

[1] https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/12/17/the-toxoplasma-of-rage...

someothherguyy 13 minutes ago | parent

i know what a purity spiral is. i was asking what this one is about and why the comment implied it is partisan

SubiculumCode 15 minutes ago | parent

It's both. It's not either or. It's absolutely both.

There are good reasons for people to be pissed off about data centers in the U.S.

China is absolutely funneling money to push anti-datacenter sentiment, and many of the people involved/receiving that money are not aware of where that money came from.

We are at the crux of a national security spiral in AI development that is naturally unpopular at home.

ares623 20 minutes ago | parent

it is woke mind virus propagated via 5g towers and vaccines

mulderc 19 minutes ago | parent

My neighbors take issue with people getting the wrong roof on their house. Not surprised people being against a data center nearby.

Dig1t 18 minutes ago | parent

My electricity bill is 50% higher than this same month 1 year ago. My friends and neighbors in my city have said that they also have greatly increased electricity bills. Whether or not that increase is due to a specific data center, it's extremely easy to blame it on the increased electricity usage of data centers, no foreign propaganda required.

10111001 16 minutes ago | parent

> I'm convinced the anti data center movement is foreign propaganda

Exactly! No rational person could oppose supergeniuses like Elon Musk, Sam Altman, Marc Andreessen, etc., so if people do, the logical conclusion is that they've been manipulated by a psyop.

Science is my superpower!

etchalon 11 minutes ago | parent

I have no doubt there's foreign bot armies amplifying these things, but foreign bot armies understand they're most effective when the amplify real sentiments.

And the anti-data center stuff is a very, very real sentiment.

hedora 19 minutes ago | parent

I’m pro-AI. I use it all the time. I max out my $200 claude subscription and own a strix halo.

The data center buildout makes no sense.

I don’t want to work for a Trump lapdog, so MAGA++ recruiters can go pound sand.

I don’t think SV leadership realizes how f—-ked they are.

EA-3167 3 minutes ago | parent

Wait until the hangover hits in the morning.

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/11/06/markets/mar...

Trading is going to be very interesting ahead of the weekend when the US markets opens. It really does feel like watching people fall for crypto again, but this time we're all going to pay for it.