The unfortunate reality is that we often don’t know what’s actually causing the cancers, and without a concrete theory as to the mechanism of how the disease is being caused, we don’t necessarily even know that the data centre is responsible. When there’s an unexplained cluster of rare cancers that are correlated to a suspected cause, then that provides a starting point for investigation at least.
The really grim thing is that I have no trust that this will actually be investigated in a reasonable way. Big corporations get to shove their “externalities” onto us, and escape accountability through plausible deniability. Past precedent means that even if I can’t understand how a data centre could be causing cancer, it feels more likely than not that something dodgy is going on. I’ll hold this view until this issue is thoroughly investigated in a transparent manner
The unfortunate reality is that we often don’t know what’s actually causing the cancers, and without a concrete theory as to the mechanism of how the disease is being caused, we don’t necessarily even know that the data centre is responsible. When there’s an unexplained cluster of rare cancers that are correlated to a suspected cause, then that provides a starting point for investigation at least.
Thats true. Additionally Amazon (and other companies) have hundreds of data centers scattered around the world. If a regular practice of building and running a datacenter would be causing cancer clusters we’d see that in nearly every case, and we’re not seeing that.
The really grim thing is that I have no trust that this will actually be investigated in a reasonable way.
Well, eventually it might be investigated after decades of damage and deaths, and the penalty will be a rounding error for a day’s profits from the true offending multinational company. Or better yet, the offending company will cease to do business in the decades of investigation and there will be no justice served for the victims. Hollywood will produce a riveting drama featuring that day’s leading man or woman actor and our heartstrings will be pulled long enough until the credits roll, and we move onto the next form of entertainment.
The unfortunate reality is that we often don’t know what’s actually causing the cancers, and without a concrete theory as to the mechanism of how the disease is being caused, we don’t necessarily even know that the data centre is responsible. When there’s an unexplained cluster of rare cancers that are correlated to a suspected cause, then that provides a starting point for investigation at least.
The really grim thing is that I have no trust that this will actually be investigated in a reasonable way. Big corporations get to shove their “externalities” onto us, and escape accountability through plausible deniability. Past precedent means that even if I can’t understand how a data centre could be causing cancer, it feels more likely than not that something dodgy is going on. I’ll hold this view until this issue is thoroughly investigated in a transparent manner
Thats true. Additionally Amazon (and other companies) have hundreds of data centers scattered around the world. If a regular practice of building and running a datacenter would be causing cancer clusters we’d see that in nearly every case, and we’re not seeing that.
Well, eventually it might be investigated after decades of damage and deaths, and the penalty will be a rounding error for a day’s profits from the true offending multinational company. Or better yet, the offending company will cease to do business in the decades of investigation and there will be no justice served for the victims. Hollywood will produce a riveting drama featuring that day’s leading man or woman actor and our heartstrings will be pulled long enough until the credits roll, and we move onto the next form of entertainment.