I still have only vague ideas what they even are and do and why they are special. Yeah, marketing, data brokering, spying, PR, social engineering, propaganda, but then how does that differ from Meta and Google.
This may an overly cynical take, though that seems hard to do these days, but I’ve always believed they are intentionally vague… even to their customers.
Decent? It was always in plain sight. Palantiri, hello?
People are fucking stupid.
I still have only vague ideas what they even are and do and why they are special. Yeah, marketing, data brokering, spying, PR, social engineering, propaganda, but then how does that differ from Meta and Google.
This may an overly cynical take, though that seems hard to do these days, but I’ve always believed they are intentionally vague… even to their customers.
Werent palantir those shady orbs from LOTR? You know, the backports sauron used to spy on us…
Yep: https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Palantíri
That’s neat, thanks for the lore
They were a tool for good before they were corrupted, though.
No they weren’t?
Were they, though?
Ungoliant says, “yes.”