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Calling Palantir evil strikes me as pretty fair.

• marnett 11y ago
  how are they evil? I feel like I've missed something.
  • apta 11y ago
    https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Palantir-considered-evil https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Palantir-considered-evil
  • auntienomen 11y ago
    The 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 ago
      That 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 ago
    Anything awful the NSA do for patriotism (however misguided), Palantir do for money.
• AnimalMuppet 11y ago
  But calling Palantir evil for that reason is not.