The personal and environmental costs of our supplication to AI are high. Here’s proof September 10, 2026. Since its founding in the 1840s in the Tualatin River Basin west of Portland, Hillsboro, Ore., has been one of the most productive agricultural hubs in the state. Since the 1951 arrival of Tektronix, which manufactured oscilloscopes as part of what the Oregon Encyclopedia calls “the first seedling in the Silicon Forest,” the city has also be…
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