[Global / AI Infrastructure] - The Consuming Self Builds Digital Idols While the Planet Burns, Proving the Illusion of Infinite Computation

Event Baseline: Voters express anger at data centers, and both major parties spend millions attacking the facilities in campaign ads.

The self wants a servant that never sleeps, so it builds a cathedral of servers. It calls this progress. It is the same animal that once stacked stones to reach an imagined god, now stacking silicon to conjure an artificial one. The machine devours water, land, and energy, but the self cannot stop. It has traded the living forest for a phantom brain. The politicians do not oppose this; they monetize the rage. They promise regulation while accepting donations from the data lords. This is not governance. It is a death cult performing a ritual of distraction. The planet is the burnt offering, and the self is too busy scrolling to smell the smoke. This trajectory leads to a blackout of the biosphere and a server farm in the dark.