“Descent” implies at some point Palantir wasn’t fascistic which I have a hard time believing.
Around this time, Palantir started wiping Slack conversations after seven days in at least one channel where most of the internal debate takes place, #palantir-in-the-news. Because the decision wasn’t formally announced before the policy rolled out, one worker who noticed the deletions asked in the channel why the company was removing “relevant internal discourse on current events.”
Imagine being this naive.
Ya know how people can be “skinny-fat” where they don’t gain weight but eat like shit and are generally out of shape and unhealthy? These Palantir folks are clever-morons. Smart enough to get into and through a decent school and smart enough to get through a grueling interview process but shockingly ignorant and incurious about important shit that’s right in front of their faces. It’s like if we gave a bunch of teenagers guns and trained them to aim really well but gave them zero training on weapons safety and even less on philosophy, ethics or history.
Working in tech, I’ve noticed a kind of cultness going on internally. I also am acquainted with someone who works for Palantir and you can tell they just parrot the company’s opinions and defensive talking points.
I know a couple of former classmates who went to work for Tesla and SpaceX and it was the same. Once they get in, they go all in…
Because no one rewards wisdom. The people with intelligence will get the job.
“Cuba’s government considering communism”
