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Silicon Valley loves to mine the fantasy and science fiction genre for their company names. At least the ansible is a generally neutral device (with some crummy
by matthewdgreen 2y ago
Silicon Valley loves to mine the fantasy and science fiction genre for their company names. At least the ansible is a generally neutral device (with some crummy side effects, as discussed in Le Guin stories) whereas naming something "Palantir" is to miss the whole damn point.
- o11c 2y ago"Far-seeing, but dangerously corrupted" fits either Palantir quite well.
- CobrastanJorji 2y agoPalantir is an excellent, AMAZING name for that company. It screams "we spy on people around the world: their pasts, their present, their very thoughts. We serve corrupt powers that pretend to be pure and good. We are a tool to enable the strong to dominate the weak. The data we produce will be misinterpreted to disastrous results." I dont know if Thiel intended to convey that, but it's exactly the same name that I would've picked for that company.
- hinkley 2y agoOne day soon we will lose our fucking minds and start attacking former friends and allies.
- lantry 1y ago"Hans... are we the baddies?" https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKcmnrE5oY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ToKcmnrE5oY
- inglor_cz 1y agoPalantir: peer into it hard enough, and the Dark Lord will look back at you. Yeah, it fits.