A systematic review of counties with data centers found:
- No increase in overall financial health
- No increase in local employment or new business formation
- local gov borrowing cost increased
- Housing price growth slows
- Schools end up squeezing more from property tax
Somewhere out there is a guy who bought a brand new GMC Sierra 1500 with a 96 month loan at 25% interest who just filled up at $6 dollar/gallon diesel carrying a massive credit card balance who is going to go home tonight and lose 100+ dollars on a Single Game Parlay
A frustrating dynamic in the AI discourse: The people most bullish on AI are from second tier players (VCs, Elon, Zuck)
The doomerism is coming from those on the cutting edge at the frontier cos which have materially proven they are in another league
🚨 Three Anthropic researchers went public last night with chilling concerns about out-of-control AI, warning it could destroy humans this decade. axios.com/2026/09/09/ant…
