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Case in point: Palantir. People would rather spread bizarre FUD they hear in the media than face the fact that they just don't know how much good Palantir does.
by legerdemain 6y ago
Case in point: Palantir. People would rather spread bizarre FUD they hear in the media than face the fact that they just don't know how much good Palantir does.
- Veen 6y agoWhat good does Palantir do? I'd be quite interested to hear about it.
- legerdemain 6y agoCertainly more good than news media taking an occasional drive-by shit on them will admit. It behooves people who still read the news to develop a healthy skepticism about motivated negative coverage.
- zeofig 6y agoDon't know much about them, but they do appear to support/do the development of pyls (python language server)
- varjag 6y agoDo they build Autobahns too
- Aunche 6y agoThey have a surprising number of humanitarian projects. For example, they're partnering with the World Food Programme to optimize food distribution.
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoThat might be a corporate form of moral self licensing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licensing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-licensing
- chillacy 6y agoI got nothing against Palantir (disclosure: I'm a shareholder) but you do have to acknowledge that people have very different definitions of "good" that factor into their opinions. Some people find that bringing technology into the government is of course good, others are vehemently against agencies like ICE or the military industrial complex.