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Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under energy energy Everything filed under infrastructure infrastructure Everything filed under Addiction Addiction Everything filed under AI agents AI agents Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Companies that gain control over people's computing facilities have historically used that power to build malicious functionality benefiting themselves into the software they distribute Companies that gain control over people'scomputing facilities have historicallyused that power to build maliciousfunctionality benefiting themselves intothe software they distribute Last stated 4 days ago 17 Sept 2026 RS Richard Stallman — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Dominant companies shape not just their users' choices but the imagination of people actively trying to resist them. — tap to centre the map on it Dominant companies shape not justtheir users' choices but theimagination of people activelytrying to resist them. Last stated 5 months ago 25 Apr 2026 PH Phil Hagelberg — holds since 2026-04-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: The buildout of AI data centers is part of a broader extension of oligarchic control over people's lives. — tap to centre the map on it The buildout of AI data centers ispart of a broader extension ofoligarchic control over people'slives. Last stated a month ago 21 Aug 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-08-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: People do not want to run their own servers and never will, so a system has to distribute trust without distributing infrastructure. — tap to centre the map on it People do not want to run their ownservers and never will, so a systemhas to distribute trust withoutdistributing infrastructure. Last stated 5 years ago 7 Jan 2022 MM Moxie Marlinspike — holds since 2022-01-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: The executives building addictive platforms know what the harm is and build them anyway. — tap to centre the map on it The executives building addictiveplatforms know what the harm is andbuild them anyway. Last stated 3 years ago 18 Feb 2024 TG Ted Gioia — holds since 2024-02-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI-developing companies cannot be trusted to protect the public from the dangers of their own systems — tap to centre the map on it AI-developing companies cannot betrusted to protect the public fromthe dangers of their own systems Last stated 4 days ago 17 Sept 2026 RS Richard Stallman — holds since 2026-09-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: Engineers are in the reputation-building business, and software is downstream of that. — tap to centre the map on it Engineers are in thereputation-building business, andsoftware is downstream of that. Last stated 2 days ago 19 Sept 2026 SP Sunil Pai — holds since 2026-09-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: The ideas in software originate with humans; agents build what people tell them to build. — tap to centre the map on it The ideas in software originate withhumans; agents build what peopletell them to build. Last stated 4 weeks ago 26 Aug 2026 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — no longer holds since 2026-08-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre earns its county far more tax revenue per gallon of water than a golf course does. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre earns its county farmore tax revenue per gallon of waterthan a golf course does. Last stated 11 months ago 11 Oct 2025 AM Andy Masley — holds since 2025-10-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre powered by solar and batteries alone needs an array so oversized that the design is not worth building. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre powered by solar andbatteries alone needs an array sooversized that the design is notworth building. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A data centre should be split into independent power blocks fed directly at 1500 volts DC, rather than run through one central distribution system. — tap to centre the map on it A data centre should be split intoindependent power blocks feddirectly at 1500 volts DC, ratherthan run through one centraldistribution system. Last stated 2 years ago 18 Apr 2024 AV Austin Vernon — holds since 2024-04-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Food from thin air" is not from thin air: it runs on water, minerals, ammonia and industrial plant. — tap to centre the map on it "Food from thin air" is not fromthin air: it runs on water,minerals, ammonia and industrialplant. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A city's first rail line comes in at a reasonable cost and every line after it does not, because the follow-up outgrows the in-house team that oversaw the pilot. — tap to centre the map on it A city's first rail line comes in ata reasonable cost and every lineafter it does not, because thefollow-up outgrows the in-house teamthat oversaw the pilot. Last stated 2 years ago 7 Dec 2024 AL Alon Levy — holds since 2024-12-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it A good tool raises the floor of whatpeople can build without loweringthe ceiling, and almost every toolquietly lowers the ceiling. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A country outside the AI supply chain should just buy the index — which works only in the world where AI ends up commoditised rather than concentrated. — tap to centre the map on it A country outside the AI supplychain should just buy the index —which works only in the world whereAI ends up commoditised rather thanconcentrated. Last stated 4 months ago 4 Jun 2026 AI Alex Imas — holds since 2026-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A future of constrained energy will need more people working the land, and that is not the same as going back to the past. — tap to centre the map on it A future of constrained energy willneed more people working the land,and that is not the same as goingback to the past. Last stated 3 months ago 30 Jun 2026 CS Chris Smaje — holds since 2026-06-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A handful of AI agents is not a handful of colleagues, because agents agree with you constantly and colleagues tell you where you are wrong. — tap to centre the map on it A handful of AI agents is not ahandful of colleagues, becauseagents agree with you constantly andcolleagues tell you where you arewrong. Last stated 6 months ago 22 Mar 2026 NF Nicole Forsgren — holds since 2026-03-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Companies that gain control over people's computing facilities have historically used that power to build malicious functionality benefiting themselves into the software they distribute Last stated 17 Sept 2026 · 4 days ago Holds Richard Stallman Read this korrent →