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>>todsac+(OP)
“Garry Tan is a moral canary in a coal mine. When people hate on Garry Tan, they out themselves as either evil or stupid, because in fact Garry is as close to a 100% good guy as you get”. —Paul Graham https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1460931338131890180 ————

Congratulations Garry! Your blogs were my inspirations when I was running my startup. I always remember this line:

“The ideal startup team involves really two major roles — builder, and hustler. I used to say it took three roles (designer, engineer, hustler).....In reality, I think designer / engineer can be abstracted to builder”.

>>maram+0m
I have no strong opinion of Tan, but calling a person who happily worked for (and profited from) Palantir a 'moral canary in a coal mine' seems a bit of a stretch.

>>stakku+Ir
Tan worked at Palantir prior to 2007, so if you’re blaming him for Palantir’s work with ICE then…

> they out themselves as either evil or stupid

>>LewisV+Bs
I dunno, but Palantir has always been a little bit…

I mean, it’s kinda in the name.

>>Aeolun+Hw
Not really

>>hacker+Vz
By the time of the LoTR timeframe, when have the palantiri ever been used for good? Seems like malevolently misleading things happen even to the evil characters after they use it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palant%C3%ADr#Characteristics