The Technocrats Are Coming!!

Bring Back the Bustle

Oct 06 2025 | 00:22:36

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Show Notes

The technocrats are coming to your rural town to operate the AI data center that is under construction. We, at The Rural Fund, aim to make that a good thing. Hi, welcome to Bring Back the Bustle, a podcast about revitalizing rural America. I’m Shavon Jones, your host. Today, the topic is class, socio-economic class. How to appeal to and mesh economically mixed groups within a single, small community. The premise for this discussion is the fact that AI Data Centers are poised to become anchor businesses that can revive rural communities left destitute when manufacturing plants exited in search of […]

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