You have to be a very specific type of person to name your surveillance company Palantir.
Either you don't understand the sinister symmetry of that or you're proud of the fact that you're a horrible person.
I know which one I think it is.
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@artemis I think it's actually worse. The palantirs are neither good nor evil, they are just tools. They can be a blessing or a curse, which it is is entirely down to the user.
I think that's what Thiel is saying. Palantir is a tool, it (the company) does not care who uses it or for what purpose. Make its abilities available to anyone who can pay.
To a certain type of libertarian nut, this is presumably a form of ultimate freedom, freedom from moral considerations as to his actions.
