"Better to beg forgiveness" emphasizes caution in interactions with unapproachable entities. The content includes various topics such as digital economy legislation, copyright issues, and profiles of notable figures.

A teacher in Emporia, Kansas, was arrested for applauding a speaker opposing a zoning change for a proposed AI data center project. Despite community resistance, the gigawatt-scale project was approved.

On its surface, the national revolt against data centers seems simple: They are a nuisance, and people do not want them in their proverbial backyards. But I haven’t been able to let go of the idea that there must be something much deeper driving the backlash against them, and few other subjects have confounded me more than trying to figure out what to think about it. Americans don’t know how to fi...