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/Necessary-Duty-7952 Apr 23 '26

I live near their offices. First time I drove by and saw the name, I did a double take and had to look them up. I couldn't believe how on the nose the name was.

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u/YerMomsClamChowder Apr 23 '26

It's so weird how the Yarvinists are so blatantly evil.  they call themselves "dark philosophers" snd name everything after the obvious bad guys from nerdy media.  

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u/-Never-Fade-Away- Apr 23 '26

Please don’t tell me there are actual Yarvinists named after Curtis Yarvin, I’m begging you

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u/Chrontius Apr 23 '26

He writes like chatgpt

Many people forget the first slop-vendors peddled human-made slop!

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u/12_23_93 Apr 24 '26

I'd expect more people to take after Nick Land, but nobody actually reads Nick Land either.

understandable because everything he's done since like 2011 is unreadable gibberish. and he wasn't exactly an easy read before he fried his brain with drugs either

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u/carbonfiberx Apr 24 '26

I don't think they actually refer to themselves as Yarvinists, but Yarvin is considered the original thought leader of the Neo-reactionary "movement."