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Reflections on Palantir

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479 points freditup | 1 comments | 16 Oct 24 02:18 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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austinjp ◴[17 Oct 24 07:50 UTC] No.41867353[source]▶
The article reveals depressing reasons why someone might choose to work for the lines of Palantir: lots of talented people working on hard problems. That's pretty much it. No problem with the business model, just intellectual hunger. I'm sure the pay didn't hurt.

We need to teach our students that the employment they take doesn't exist in a vacuum. Your choice of employee can impact not only yourself but the wider world. There's more to life than intellectual satisfaction.

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clircle ◴[17 Oct 24 10:38 UTC] No.41868249[source]▶
> We need to teach our students...

Teach your values to your own kids, man

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cambaceres ◴[17 Oct 24 11:54 UTC] No.41868777[source]▶
The perfect response to this kind of preaching.
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1. bookaway ◴[17 Oct 24 12:24 UTC] No.41868988[source]▶
You should write a book about how a society composed entirely of pure-bred mercenaries outlasted all other competing civilizations on the planet. I'd be very interested in reading it.