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Surveillance and analytics company Palantir recently posted what it called a \u201cbrief\u201d 22-point summary of CEO Alexander Karp\u2019s book \u201cThe Technological Republic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Written by Karp and Palantir\u2019s head of corporate affairs Nicholas Zamiska, \u201cThe Technological Republic\u201d was published last year and described by its authors as \u201cthe beginnings of the articulation of the theory\u201d behind Palantir\u2019s work. (One critic said it was \u201cnot a book at all, but a piece of corporate sales material.\u201d)<\/p>\n
The company\u2019s ideological bent has come under more scrutiny since then, as tech industry figures have debated Palantir\u2019s work with Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and as the company has positioned itself as an organization working for the defense of \u201cthe West.\u201d<\/p>\n
In fact, congressional Democrats recently sent a letter to ICE and the Department of Homeland Security demanding more information about how tools built by Palantir and \u201ca range of surveillance companies\u201d are being used in the Trump administration\u2019s aggressive deportation strategy.<\/p>\n
Palantir\u2019s post doesn\u2019t reference much of that context directly, simply saying that it\u2019s providing the summary \u201cbecause we get asked a lot.\u201d It then suggests that \u201cSilicon Valley owes a moral debt to the country that made its rise possible\u201d and declares that \u201cfree email is not enough.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe decadence of a culture or civilization, and indeed its ruling class, will be forgiven only if that culture is capable of delivering economic growth and security for the public,\u201d the company says.<\/p>\n
The post is wide-ranging, at one point criticizing a culture that \u201calmost snickers at [Elon] Musk\u2019s interest in grand narrative\u201d and at another point touching on recent debates about the use of artificial intelligence by the military.<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSan Francisco, CA<\/span> \u201cThe question is not whether A.I. weapons will be built; it is who will build them and for what purpose,\u201d Palantir says. \u201cOur adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications. They will proceed.\u201d<\/p>\n Similarly, the company suggests that \u201cthe atomic age is ending,\u201d while \u201ca new era of deterrence built on A.I. is set to begin.\u201d<\/p>\n The post also takes a moment to denounce the \u201cpostwar neutering of Germany and Japan,\u201d adding that the \u201cdefanging of Germany was an overcorrection for which Europe is now paying a heavy price\u201d and that \u201ca similar and highly theatrical commitment to Japanese pacifism\u201d could \u201cthreaten to shift the balance of power in Asia.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The post ends by criticizing \u201cthe shallow temptation of a vacant and hollow pluralism.\u201d In Palantir\u2019s argument, a blind devotion to pluralism and inclusivity \u201cglosses over the fact that certain cultures and indeed subcultures . . . have produced wonders. Others have proven middling, and worse, regressive and harmful.\u201d<\/p>\n After Palantir posted this on Saturday, Eliot Higgins, the CEO of investigative website Bellingcat, dryly remarked that it was \u201cextremely normal and fine for a company to put this in a public statement.\u201d<\/p>\n Higgins also argued that there\u2019s more to the post than a simple \u201cdefence of the West\u201d \u2014 in his view, it\u2019s also an attack on what he said are key pillars of democracy that need rebuilding: verification, deliberation, and accountability.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s also worth being clear about who\u2019s doing the arguing,\u201d Higgins wrote. \u201cPalantir sells operational software to defence, intelligence, immigration & police agencies. These 22 points aren\u2019t philosophy floating in space, they\u2019re the public ideology of a company whose revenue depends on the politics it\u2019s advocating.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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