All Too Human
Some ideas change the way we see the world. Others change the way we see ourselves.
All Too Human is a podcast about both.
Each episode explores behavior, leadership, organizations, technology, curiosity, and the patterns quietly shaping our lives. Rather than chasing headlines, we explore the ideas that continue to matter long after the news cycle has moved on.
Hosted by Dr. Kala Wilson Hampton, founder of EVOLVRS, this is a podcast for the endlessly curious.
All Too Human
Pattern Report: You’re Not Supposed to Know This. Inside Big Tech’s AI Factories and Who Pays (10/1/25)
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At 12:01 a.m., Washington shut down. Paychecks froze, FEMA stalled, and political theater took center stage. While the headlines fixated on Capitol Hill, another story unfolded in the shadows: Big Tech’s quiet construction of AI factories — massive warehouses disguised behind shell LLCs, draining local water, straining power grids, and shifting the costs onto households.
This Pattern Report pulls back the curtain on the playbook: secret permits, tax breaks, diesel parks, and lobbying designed to make trillion-dollar companies look weightless while families foot the bill. From Virginia’s sleepless suburbs to Phoenix’s aquifers and Memphis neighborhoods already battling asthma, this is the real cost of the cloud.
You’re not supposed to know this — but you should.
