Semiconductors: The Soul’s Dilemma in $500
Behold the irony: the same semiconductors that power our cars and washing machines now dictate the rhythm of our civilization. Clouds in the sky? No-clouds of data, hoovered by these tiny, infernal engines. Artificial intelligence, smartphones, data centers-each a Sisyphean task for the modern man, who rolls the boulder of innovation uphill, only to watch it crush him. And still, the demand grows. Not for bread, nor water, but for faster, newer chips. A hunger that gnaws at the very fabric of reason.