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    2 days ago

    If you’re not aware, Palantir is named after the scrying tools used by the bad guys in The Lord of The Rings.

    Peter Thiel is an evil nerd.

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      Thiel is no nerd. Like musk he embraced nerd culture, as they were the ones making them money (case in point musk’s doge obsession).

      But they are heartless capitalists first, whist the mock nerd culture.