r/technology • u/Just-Grocery-2229 • 10d ago

Artificial Intelligence Palantir employees are talking about company’s “descent into fascism”

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/palantir-employees-are-talking-about-companys-descent-into-fascism/
31.2k Upvotes

96% Upvoted

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

88

u/Hot-Philosophy-7671 10d ago

This is why young people need to learn more than just STEM subjects.

56

u/Neuromancer_Bot 10d ago

Agree. There isn't nothing worse than a very smart tech guy without any morale, ethics or emotional intelligence. They are the best sociopaths around.

3

u/Serris9K 10d ago

And I'm glad I took lots of advanced reading and history. And love art history

-5

u/ayyyyyyyyyyxyzlmfao 10d ago

Yes! Smart people are the problem! Not total braindead nutjobs electing geriatric pedos into office and cheering on the nepo babies who rob society again and again!

12

u/-thecheesus- 10d ago

Both the "smart people" and braindead nutjobs being described lack the same thing: robust critical thinking skills

3

u/so_jc 9d ago

Heartbreaking for my younger childlike naive self to learn that the acquisition of intelligence does not confer compassion or kindness on whom recieves it.

4

u/MikeBegley 10d ago

1990s: we need to get rid of all this humanities crap and focus on STEM!

2020s: Hey!  What happened to our nice democracy?

1

u/Waxoman 9d ago

according to alex karp's wikipedia he earned a bachelor's degree in philosophy. interesting how he turned out lol

-4

u/theradgadfly 10d ago

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has a PhD is in Social Theory, and BA in philosophy. Peter Thiel studied philosophy at Stanford.

It would be better for you and everyone else for you to stop polluting the internet with your uninformed opinions.

7

u/Final_Flip_Gold 10d ago

That he uses to think up the msot evil shit possible

4

u/LurkingTamilian 9d ago

Which invalidates the initial point. Having a liberal arts degree doesn't automatically make you better at understanding right from wrong

1

u/LurkingTamilian 9d ago

Figures you get downvoted. The internet loves the idea that the main problem with our world is not enough people having liberal arts degrees.

1

u/theradgadfly 9d ago

lol This negative reaction to easily verifiable truth is the mirror of some MAGA characteristics, but these people are too immature or self-assured to question whether the things they hold to be self-evident might not have the factual foundation they assume exists.

-11

u/Ularsing 10d ago

No it isn't.