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. I remember our teacher, Mrs Dyer, passing down the story in the manner of lore.
On the morning of 24 January 1848, James Marshall, a New Jersey boy co... [33207 chars]