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I never quite put it together but Vance worked at Mithril Capital for Peter Thiel. Thiel's other ventures include Palantir, Valar Ventures and he's an investor
by tootie 1y ago
I never quite put it together but Vance worked at Mithril Capital for Peter Thiel. Thiel's other ventures include Palantir, Valar Ventures and he's an investor in Anduril.
How can someone be such a diehard Tolkien nerd and endorse government by corporation? Does he think the hero was Saruman?
- kragen 1y agoWhat do you mean? Saruman didn't have shareholders, a board of directors, a profit motive, or indeed profits.
- wat10000 1y agoThe fact that he named his surveillance company Palantir tells me that he's got that story flipped around.
- kragen 1y agoMaybe he's just betting that his customers haven't read the story.