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I find it hard to locate my sympathy button for people who smash and burn things built up by other people.
by andriesm 11mo ago
I find it hard to locate my sympathy button for people who smash and burn things built up by other people.
- saulpw 11mo agoDatacenters aren't built by people, they're built by corporations.
- einsteinx2 11mo agoCorporations which are entirely made up of people. Not to mention the people that physically built and maintain the data center. Or did the actual legal fiction of a corporation do it? Maybe the articles of incorporation documents got up and did the work themselves?
- saulpw 11mo agoIt means that no one cares about the creations except in terms of money. If an Oracle building burns down and no one is hurt, I wouldn't shed a single tear. If an artistic graffiti mural adorned its wall, I would be more upset.
- einsteinx2 11mo agoI get what you mean, but my point is even that Oracle building was designed, built, and maintained by the work of real people. Many of which I assume take pride in their work and may in fact care if it’s burned down.
- joe_fishfish 11mo agoBut why should they? An Oracle data centre is built for one purpose, and one purpose only - to increase the wealth and power of Larry Ellison. Is furthering that goal really something to be proud of? As a wiser man than me once said, do not anthropomorphise the lawnmower.
- bee_rider 11mo agoThe act of destruction is not inherently evil, it is a matter of what it targets. You can burn down the Library of Alexandria or you can bust open a concentration camp. (These are just some extreme examples, some datacenter isn’t morally equal to either).