Tech Boom Or Bust? A Syracuse Story

Moral Repair: A Black Exploration of Tech

Tech Companies and American Manufacturing have a history of booming and busting towns. The Big Question for this last episode of the season is, will this AI chip factory scheduled to open in a suburb just north of Syracuse, NY actually provide reasonable, sustainable increased quality of life, or will it be the latest iteration of the boom and bust cycle? Annanda and Keisha ask key Syracusans to find out.

SHOW NOTES

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Syracuse

• Syracuse Poverty info
• From 2003 History of the Syracuse area’s Decline of manufacturing jobs – Brookings Institution
• Carrier Corporation – why it left
• Episode about Haudenosaunee
• Bob Searing's Article
  https://www.syracuse.com/living/2022/10/back-to-the-future-cny-is-poised-to-return-to-a-familiar-role-as-a-hub-of-leading-edge-american-manufacturing.html
• Onondaga Historical Association cnyhistory.org

Micron

• https://www.cnycec.org/ – Melanie Littlejohn is co-chair of the Central New York Community Engagement Committee for NY State’s Micron investment
• Melanie Littlejohn also is the CEO of the CNY Community Foundation. Here’s a video
• Environmental impact w/ map
• Inside Micron Taiwan’s Semiconductor Factory | Taiwan’s Mega Factories EP1
• What will Micron Technology mega computer chip fab look like in Central New York?