The Ezra Klein Show: The A.I. Revolt Is Here
The conversation between Ezra Klein and Jasmine Sun explores the growing populist backlash against AI data centers in rural America, revealing it to be less about environmental concerns like water or noise and more about distrust in tech elites, fears of economic displacement, and a sense
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