From gold to water, California’s wealth was built on extraction. The AI boom is reviving an old question: who pays the price? I was a fourth-grader in the public schools of California when I first learned about the Gold Rush.

Source: [Guardian US](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jun/14/california-land-of-plunder-and-hypocrisy)

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