455. The Anti-Anti-Anti-Data-Centers Social Club

We deconstruct the confused arguments – from the left – against moratoriums for data centres. These positions set up a false dichotomy between either pausing or governing technology, they start from the assumption that a politics of refusal or opposition is an illegitimate position to hold, and they depend on rhetorical leaps and pretzel logic to make arguments that end up ceding more ground to corporate power than they gain for leftist goals. ••• Democratic Governance of AI Is the Real Solution ••• What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools? Standing Plugs: ••• Order Jathan’s book: •••

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455. The Anti-Anti-Anti-Data-Centers Social Club is an episode from This Machine Kills by This Machine Kills.

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This episode was published on Apr 29, 2026.

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