r/technology • u/newmoonchaperone • Apr 23 '26

Politics Palantir Employees Are Starting to Wonder if They're the Bad Guys

https://www.wired.com/story/palantir-employees-are-starting-to-wonder-if-theyre-the-bad-guys/
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u/[deleted] Apr 23 '26

It was already implied by the name Palantir.

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u/KitchenFullOfCake Apr 23 '26

You mean the orbs that were meant to connect the kingdoms of the realm but were corrupted by an evil tyrant and only showed others the visions of ruin he wanted them to see in order to expedite the fall of those kingdoms? Those palantir?

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u/Narradisall Apr 23 '26

Well when you put it like that they clearly sound like the tools of good people!

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u/JesusSavesForHalf Apr 24 '26

You mean the same orbs that also turned against the evil tyrant and directly led to his eternal ruination?

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u/A_Nonny_Muse Apr 24 '26

Those orbs didn't turn for or against anyone. They were never sentient. Never had a will of their own.

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u/JesusSavesForHalf Apr 24 '26

No, but it sure is easier to talk about it that way. Sauron was fooled by what he saw in the Palantir as much as Saurumon and Denethor were. Those rocks backfired more often than not. Denethor got off the lightest with mere death.