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I think they were trying to make a joke, but Peter Thiel does love the Lord of the Rings. Just a few of the entities he has founded: - Palantir - Valar
by neilk 10y ago
I think they were trying to make a joke, but Peter Thiel does love the Lord of the Rings. Just a few of the entities he has founded:
- Palantir
- Valar Ventures
- Mithril Capital Management
- Lembas LLC
- Rivendell One LLC
Apparently in internal Palantir communications he talks about how their software helps the good hobbits resist the evil orcs and stuff. (It does make one wonder how closely Thiel read the books, since the all-seeing Palantir corrupts its users).
That said, Thiel's end-of-the-world scenario is almost certainly some fantasy about going Galt. He's not worried about the world under Trump the way many of us are.
- kafkaesq 10y agoApparently in internal Palantir communications he talks about how their software helps the good hobbits resist the evil orcs and stuff. It's amazing how easy nerds are to distract from the true implications of the work they do.
- ekianjo 10y agoits not because the movie was filmed there that it means anything for LOTR. Tolkien pretty much had a in mind Europe in terms of Inspiration for his book.
- s_m_t 10y agoThe Palantiri don't inherently corrupt their users, they were only dangerous because Sauron had captured one of them and was feeding bad info from the other end.
- wavefunction 10y agoI don't know, take this as you will but this wikia disagrees that Sauron could feed "bad information" via the Palantiri: http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Palant%C3%ADri http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Palant%C3%ADri At the end of Appearance and Properties, it is suggested that Gandalf himself claimed that false images or information could not be transmitted by the Palantiri, only suggestions via the selection of what information to show.