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The only time I heard Jeff Smith was in Stanford Podcast[1]. I listened to every podcast on Stanford (DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series) and pa
by kumarm 11y ago
The only time I heard Jeff Smith was in Stanford Podcast[1]. I listened to every podcast on Stanford (DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders lecture series) and particularly remember Jeff Smith because I thought he came out wrong from the talk. His statement "Palantir is evil" because they hired a guy who smule was trying to recruit. Seriously you are giving a talk to inspire future entrepreneurs and use that to bad mouth someone who is not even your competitor?
PS: I have no relationship with Palantir. It just really bothered me that someone would use that opportunity to bad another company.
[1]http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2992 http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?mid=2992
(The point comes at the end as a reply to last question).
- rfrank 11y agoCalling Palantir evil strikes me as pretty fair.
- marnett 11y agohow are they evil? I feel like I've missed something.
- apta 11y agohttps://www.quora.com/Why-is-Palantir-considered-evil https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Palantir-considered-evil
- auntienomen 11y agoThe name is a dead give-away. In Tolkien's stories, the palantir is a crystal ball which corrupts the mind of its user. At the least, the name strongly suggests that they lack a proper respect for the dangers of the technologies they're using.
- fr0styMatt2 11y agoThat doesn't really explain anything. I had a read of the article that was linked to from that Quora answer and I still couldn't glean 'evil' from that -- potential to become evil, yes; actively intending to do evil, not so much.
- rodgerd 11y agoAnything awful the NSA do for patriotism (however misguided), Palantir do for money.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoBut calling Palantir evil for that reason is not.