[FRIAM] The whole story about Palantir

[Merle Lefkoff]

Glen,  I watched the video you suggested and then it disappeared for some
reason.  Could you please resend?  Thank you.  I found it very useful.  I
try always to be optimistic about the horrors surrounding us as the systems
we've known begin to collapse.  And I'm always disappointed.  And I have to
ask:  why would anyone with even a hint of a moral compass invest in the
present stock market?

On Tue, Jun 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM glen <gepropella at gmail.com> wrote:

> *If* it will be misused? My guess is the overwhelming majority of people
> on this list are tech-savvy. And if that means *anything*, it means we know
> it *will* be misused, if not by PLTR, it's people or customers, then by
> some hacker who manages to get the data. Most likely all parties will
> misuse the system, once collated.
>
> Is hacking Good or Bad? Even if the data is stolen by nefarious
> misinformation-peddling, pro-Kremlin hackers in Russia, that could be a
> good thing ... a pro-democracy thing because it puts our US Oligarchs on
> their heels playing defense.
>
> And what is "misuse" anyway? Didn't we just recently reaffirm the Myth of
> the Objective w.r.t. evolutionary processes?
>
> Remember that all new tech is first/best used by porn or gambling (or
> their less salacious proxies). And Peter Thiel demonstrated this clearly by
> putting Gawker out of business because they outed him as gay. Does anyone
> actually think Thiel won't "misuse" PLTR? If so, I have a bridge you may
> want to buy.
>
> Optimism is kinda gross and sticky.
>
> On 6/24/25 2:36 AM, Pieter Steenekamp wrote:
> > Yes, if misused, a system like this could go very wrong. It could
> profile people unfairly, spy without oversight, or just drown in its own
> complexity. But — and here’s my cautiously optimistic side talking — it
> could also make government less clunky and a bit smarter. Which would be a
> plot twist, right?
>
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Merle Lefkoff, Ph.D.
Center for Emergent Diplomacy
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