“I worry that data centers became where we put our anxiety about AI. … How big are they relative to the AI moment? The environmental degradation or the electricity consumption or the noise pollution. I think it's actually small relative to the fact that all of our working lives may be on the cusp of being upended.”

…going to say something that risks being controversial. That's okay. That's my job. I worry that data centers became where we put our anxiety about AI. That, yeah, there are reasons to not like them, blah, blah, blah. I'm being dismissive, but I actually also want to say I don't want to be dismissive. I just want to recognize there are real issues around data centers. Let's put that to the side. How big are they relative to the AI moment? The environmental degradation or the electricity consumption or the noise pollution. I think it's actually small relative to the fact that all of our working lives may be on the cusp of being upended. And I would hate for us to be successful at saying, you know, as a labor economist, my job is to say, hey, this is the most interesting, tumultuous moment demanding a serious policy response in two generations. And I'm serious about saying that. And it would be a mistake. For us to say, okay, great, let's sit around and talk about data centers. We need to talk about what does education mean. We…