The New Oil Isn’t Oil: What Tech Won’t Say Out Loud | Max Fuega™
BY : @MaxFuega | SUBSCRIBE 📖 Estimated Reading Time: 9–10 minutes Category: Tech, Power & Society It Starts With a Flicker You probably didn’t notice it. The faint blink of your smart TV when the lights dimmed for a second. The hum of the fridge struggling as a summer brownout rippled through your city. But somewhere in that flicker lies a story — one not about faulty wires or bad weather, but about power itself. Because the truth is this: the new oil isn’t oil. It’s electricity. And right now, the richest corporations on Earth are hoarding it. Who Really Owns the Light Switch Every few decades, humanity stumbles into a new kind of gold rush. We’ve mined the ground. We’ve mined data. Now, we’re mining voltage. Behind the spectacle of the AI boom — the trillion-dollar valuations, the breathless talk of breakthroughs — a quieter race is unfolding. The most powerful companies on Earth aren’t just competing to build smarter machines. They’r...