Exactly. I know people would work for Palantir specifically because it appeals to their political taste. People are different and complicated, assuming a blank

Exactly. I know people would work for Palantir specifically because it appeals to their political taste. People are different and complicated, assuming a blank slate of tech people following certain ideology is ignorant at its best, stupid at its worst. Smart people won't go to Google/Facebook? Think twice. Maybe they want to spend more time in exciting/shiny stuff when they still can afford to make mistakes. The difference here being they CAN join Facebook or Google at the right time. Money definitely talks, let alone the problem/scope company like Facebook or Google could offer, that certain startup couldn't even dream about.