To the Editor: Perhaps people are just tired of technology interfering in every aspect of life ( "America's Next Rebellion," Cover Story, July 2). Too often, it doesn't even work as promised, and I'm skeptical that artificial-intelligence data centers will make it work any better. Indeed, the evidence points to more water use, more energy use, and various forms of increased pollution, all of which will push up costs for everyone.

Joyce Kormanyos Sammamish, Wash.

To the Editor: These will be built overseas, just like with what happened with manufacturing. Then we will worry about security risks and try to onshore them. Data center and chip manufacturers also need to do their part in making these facilities less power and water hungry.

Rodger Bats On Barrons.com

Innovation Nation

To the Editor: Kenneth G. Pringle's essay " How the Declaration of Independence Spawned Free Markets" (America's 250, July 3) rightly credits the Declaration of Independence with launching America's financial and economic revolution.

By the time Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration, he had spent decades developing the habits of mind that characterize great innovators: curiosity, experimentation, and the conviction to challenge conventional wisdom. His achievement reminds us that innovation is not always the creation of entirely new ideas. Often, it is the ability to recognize, refine, and synthesize existing ones into something transformative.

Steven Lipponer Lake Grove, N.Y.

American 'Exceptionalism'

To the Editor: Andy Serwer lauds America's economic exceptionalism, with the caveat that our exploding debt carries the risk of upsetting the apple cart (" America Is Exceptional, All Right. Can It Stay That Way?" Up & Down Wall Street, July 2).

I believe that there are other factors that belie the description "exceptional" in our economy, the most serious being the economic inequality that is only getting worse, and tariffs that are driving up costs for consumers and causing trade partners to cozy up to China. Our historic role in the world economy is truly in danger of erosion unless we address these issues along with our burgeoning debt.

Bill Gottdenker Mountainside, N.J.

Don't Flee Tech Yet

To the Editor: I wouldn't bet on an across-the-board tech selloff ( "How to AI-Proof Your Fund Portfolio," Funds Quarterly, July 2). There are already rolling corrections that are providing some bargains. Nvidia is priced like its growth has peaked. Microsoft is as cheap as it was during the dot-com crash. SpaceX, on the other hand...

Howard Martin On Barrons.com

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