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This doesn’t even begin to surprise me. Even on a tiny scale, myself and a couple of the other top students at our university got an unsolicited phone call from
by noodlesUK 3y ago
This doesn’t even begin to surprise me. Even on a tiny scale, myself and a couple of the other top students at our university got an unsolicited phone call from palantir about 10 min after we finished our last exams congratulating us on finishing university and encouraging us to apply to Palantir. They had clearly gotten access to our exam timetable so they could call us right after we had finished.
It was deeply creepy, and left a very unpleasant taste in my mouth.
- neilv 3y agoSounds like a good filter for culture: discourage the people who wouldn't be onboard with company approaches, and simultaneously attract the people who want to be a part of the power that the company just flexed a tiny bit.
- mdhb 3y agoI imagine after thinking about it for more than thirty seconds some rather obvious problems begin to emerge with this approach.
- neilv 3y agoWhat's an example problem? (Something about building a company of power-seeking people who don't notice, or aren't bothered by, ethical questionability? Some companies have herded those well enough, and thrived for decades, like that.)
- mdhb 3y agoThat’s what you want from a company that suddenly has access to you and the rest of the countries personal health data where you can’t opt out? This isn’t a cryptocurrency company. It’s at the core of a public service handling some of the nations most sensitive data.
- neilv 3y agoAgreed; I only meant a good cultural filtering approach for a company with poor intentions. (Approach students with an inappropriate flex of power, scaring away the people who'd object to things like that, and attracting the people who want to be part of that.)