> Just as trying to think up startup ideas tends to produce bad ones, working on things that could be dismissed as "toys" often produces good ones. When something is described as a toy, that means it has everything an idea needs except being important. It's cool; users love it; it just doesn't matter. But if you're living in the future and you build something cool that users love, it may matter more than outsiders think. Microcomputers seemed like toys when Apple and Microsoft started working on them. I'm old enough to remember that era; the usual term for people with their own microcomputers was "hobbyists." BackRub seemed like an inconsequential science project. The Facebook was just a way for undergrads to stalk one another.

Source: https://www.paulgraham.com/startupideas.html

To think when the AI bubble bursts we'll have all of that excess power available for better use

who are you to say how people should use energy? This is a pure nihilistic coal post and I think you should think about being less judgmental, it will make you happier.

The real reason is to keep this stock market bull run going and they are terrified of it coming down to earth again where it is supposed to be. They definitely will burn whatever they need to so that their stock price doesn’t come down. But it is inevitable and also disgusting that we are throwing our climate change goals out the window for this.

https://www.currentmarketvaluation.com/models/s&p500-mean-re...

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/12/g-s1-9545/ai-brings-soaring-e...