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Irrespective of their work it's really not cool that they are taking over the downtown real estate instead of moving to a campus.. changes the character of the
by redwood 11y ago
Irrespective of their work it's really not cool that they are taking over the downtown real estate instead of moving to a campus.. changes the character of the area that has traditionally felt like an incubator. They've broken with local tradition.
- jdavis703 11y agoIs just startups being disrupted... They'll find a way (my small company is considering moving somewhere else to cope with this).
- magicmu 11y agoYeah, I find this particularly odd given Palantir's founders... You'd think they would care more about maintaining the current pathos of Palo Alto. Then again, I found out recently that Thiel is a financial supporter of Ted Cruz, so there are always surprises in store.
- mineshaftgap 11y agoYou'd be surprised, a lot of people actually believe that the world is a safer place when the US is the strongest nation. Poor dumb bastards.
- JackFr 11y agopa·thos - noun, a quality that evokes pity or sadness.
- magicmu 11y agoVery true, I meant it in the sense of ethos/logos/pathos -- an appeal to emotion. You're right though, there are more accurate words.
- tamana 11y agoPalantir sells tools to tyrants. Why would they care about preserving their local community?
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoI mean really, this sounds like "Get off my lawn!"