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Photo of a huge, gorgeous, multi-story library filled with people reading books with the caption “The type of data centers humans used to build”
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[–] -4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

You don't build anything like that without exploiting a lot of people.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Well yeah, that particular one is the French Royal library, obviously built to be a monument to French superiority, but in general, the working class building a library for itself isn't exploitative.

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  • [–] -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    Buildings like that one (way over the top) have traditionally been built by slaves and/or built with profits from colonisation, invasion etc.

    The post in that context says that humans just can't do the right thing.

    The intention is of course just that a library is a real data centre.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago

    Buildings like that one (way over the top) have traditionally been built by slaves and/or built with profits from colonisation, invasion etc

    You get similar styles in communist countries when the building exists to serve the public. The USSR would often include a requirement for a portion of the budget go to local artists, so you ended up with no less ornamentation.

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