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>>fajmcc+(OP)
It's crazy that anybody who has read books could learn about the company "Palantir," know where the name comes from, and join it thinking it's anything other than evil.

The thing is, I know palantir engineers are well paid. Money warps people's brains. It's much easier enable evil if you can go back to a home you own in Silicon Valley.

>>Kapura+gb
> know where the name comes from

This is a wild point to me, yeah.

The Palantir is literally a cautionary tale on the risks of thinking you can use the enemy's tools without being corrupted by it.

>>ceejay+Lc
I've lost count of people who have read Tolkien's work and never dug deeper than "cool fantasy story" level. I was no different when I read the Lord of the Rings as a teenager. Unlike C. S. Lewis, Tolkien does not shove his message down your throat.