Palantir Posts 22-Point Manifesto

Is Palantir's manifesto a bold call for national duty or a self-serving pitch dressed up as patriotism?

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Above: A sign outside the Palantir Technologies Inc. pop-up store in Davos, on Jan. 20, 2023. Image credit: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Left narrative

Palantir's manifesto is a slick repackaging of the militarism and cultural supremacy seen in the 20th century. The company profits from AI targeting systems linked to mass civilian casualties, then turns around and lectures about national duty and progressive values. Calling for universal military service while raking in defense contracts is an amoral furthering of an unethical business model.

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Right narrative

Palantir's manifesto cuts through the noise with a moral clarity that's been missing from public discourse. Silicon Valley has a real obligation to help defend America, and pretending otherwise is naive given what adversaries are already building. The manifesto is right that soft power alone won't cut it, and that hard power built on software is the defining challenge of this century.

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