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gadders ◴[] No.46190845[source]
Can someone actually explain what the magic sauce is in what Palantir does? I understand it pulls data together?
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1. usrusr ◴[] No.46192790[source]
The magic sauce in terms of bubbleability is that the product is all secret and investors can't form any natural opinion beyond what's published in company performance publications. Because they aren't allowed to know anything beyond that. It's just blind trust, "governments have bought before, they might continue buying, perhaps buy more". Reminds me a bit of the psychological mechanisms that make a con work, might be something to it.