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I'm curious what you have against Palantir in particular. As far as government contractors go, they don't seem especially problematic.

• bachback 13y ago
  muaha. read about HBGary. Palantir is scum of the earth. they participated in targeting Glenn Greenwald. only thing they haven't done is flying drones themselves to kill people. they are probably #1 in help NSA with their programs.
  • pbreit 13y ago
    Palantir cut ties with HBGary. If government/banks/etc are going to use tools to pursue their objectives, they could do much worse than use Palantir tools. One important feature of Palantir's tools is the "need-to-know" capabilities built-in to restrain dissemination.
    • bachback 13y ago
      well, I have about as much respect for them as people in the arms trade, oil or mercenary business. fact of the matter is they designed a program to target journalists. so they are actively building a distopian future. can you imagine where this goes in 10-20 years? the Western world is pretty much galloping to non democracy. how about building tools which improve democracy instead of destroying it? Peter Thiel, the libertarian. honestly all of these trends are really very troubling. I've worked in AI research, and is the top researcher in the field building? killer robots. brilliant.