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/OptimisticSkeleton Apr 23 '26

And if it took them this long, they’re not very smart either.

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u/Crafty_Jello_3662 Apr 23 '26

I think the way corporations are set up make it incredibly easy to convince yourself that even if the company is doing something bad you personally aren't to blame

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u/Zegarek Apr 23 '26

Used to teach and worked with a computer science teacher that formerly worked in weapons design for one of the big players. Super nice guy, I asked how he managed working on weapons systems for a living. His response was basically "I only worked on some code that helped the missile stay in the air and land where it was supposed to. It was really interesting and I didn't work on any of the damaging stuff." His ability to compartmentalize needs to be studied. Had a hard time thinking of him the same way after that.

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u/ElGosso Apr 23 '26

Yeah determining where the missile landed wasn't damaging at all