You’re Paying For This. – Second Thought SUBSCRIBE HERE: http://bit.ly/2nFsvTS New video every other Friday! Hello, friends! As I mentioned in the video, we’ve recently started the No. 3 Post, a snail mail club for socialists and analog enthusiasts! Each month, subscribers will receive a hand-signed letter from yours truly, along with a themed assortment of analog goodies. I’m so excited to share it with you! If you want to join the club in time to receive the December and January dispatches, be sure to subscribe before November 21st! https://no3supply.com/ Have a topic idea? Send it to us here: https://forms.gle/gihjqi21cZe7ncWr5 Citations and Further Reading: Paris’ new book is out now! https://hyperscalebook.com/ Data center map https://www.datacentermap.com/ Metaverse/Crypto https://www.theblock.co/news/web3/2022-12-08-decentraland-will-now-let-you-become-a-virtual-landlord-193353 https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/metaverse-group-announces-plans-first-160000688.html https://metaverse.properties/rent-in-decentraland/ https://youtu.be/Zxx1nX-UeWc https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/feb/13/how-iceland-became-the-bitcoin-miners-paradise https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/15/inside-the-metaverse-economy-this-is-what-will-be-for-real-in-2022.html#%3A~%3Atext=At+the+end+of+2021%2C+Intel+estimated+that+Web3+metaverse+projects+will+eventually+demand+at+least+1000x+the+computing+power+we+have+now https://www.euromoney.com/article/29qsrspaenv99ky3vzrb4/fintech/the-coming-boom-in-metaverse-real-estate/ https://fortune.com/longform/wall-street-metaverse-web3-investors-roblox-meta-platforms-microsoft/ Data center harms https://finance.yahoo.com/news/centennial-anniversary-caterpillar-growth-now-110000710.html https://www.techpolicy.press/germanys-data-center-boom-is-pushing-the-power-grid-to-its-limits/ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/23/sam-altman-openai-energy-use-datacenters https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/business/exelon-calvin-butler-ai-data-centers.html?eafs\_enabled=false#%3A~%3Atext=“More+demand%2C+less+supply%2C+everyone+else’s+costs+go+up%2C”+Mr.+Butler%2C+56%2C+said https://www.ft.com/content/14d2e591-7cd5-4456-904f-1b7fdc5cbc1a https://youtu.be/DGjj7wDYaiI https://youtu.be/2Eltf06-NiQ?t=164 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/08/datacenter-ai-drought-water https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/pollution-musks-unpermitted-xai-power-project-hits-hardest-black-communities-2026-07-14/ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mpr1mvwj3o https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai-data-center-job-creation-48038b67 https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/28/irish-datacentres-household-bills-electricity https://www.ft.com/content/7800ba0f-1420-49fe-b260-9838632a19a4 https://doi.org/10.1177/03063127221124943 https://techpolicy.press/how-big-tech-lobbied-the-eu-to-hide-data-centers-environmental-toll https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/25/datacentres-facing-increase-in-global-climate-related-legal-cases-report-finds https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/06/03/irelands-data-centre-strain-a-cautionary-tale-for-rest-of-world-un-says/ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/16/climate/xai-musk-mississippi-grok-turbine-lawsuit-naacp.html https://beyondfossilfuels.org/2026/05/28/as-europe-bets-on-ai-and-data-centres-ireland-shows-the-risk-higher-electricity-bills-for-households/ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-15/ai-data-centre-energy-impact-ireland-cautionary-tale/106758928 Follow and Support Second Thought! Twitter: https://twitter.com//_SecondThought Patreon: https://patreon.com/secondthought BuyMeACoffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/secondthought CashApp: $JTChapman About Second Thought: Second Thought is a channel devoted to education and analysis of current events from a socialist perspective. Welcome! Business Email: secondthoughtchannel@gmail.com
From Second Thought via This RSS Feed.