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#29: Palantir: The Most Important Company You’ve Never Heard Of

#29: Palantir: The Most Important Company You’ve Never Heard Of

Published 6 years, 1 month ago
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You might know nothing about it. But certainly does (or could do) know a huge amount about you.

Let's take a look at this incredibly powerful company that has the power to see everything we do.

In today's episode we cover:

  • Animating transcripts
  • Peter Thiel - founder of Palantir
  • What does Palantir actually do?
  • Big data
  • What if the technology wasn't used for good?
  • Minority Report in real life - the crime prediction tool
  • Palantir & ICE
  • The successes of Palantir
  • Lord of the Rings

Key vocabulary: Poses, Libertarian, Doublespeak, Anything but, Connect the dots, Insider trading, Buzzword, Gargantuan, Piece together, Scratching their head, Crack, Infinitely, Hardware, Weigh up, Erosion, All-seeing, Comb, Speak out, Monitor, In inverted commas, Eerily, Algorithm, Creepy, Bias, Weighted, Deport, Pleas, Back down, Treasonous, Cynics, Lucrative, Web, Intrusion, Fraudster, Omnipotent, Orb, Blinding

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Full transcript and key vocabulary available on the website www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/palantir-the-most-important-company-youve-never-heard-of


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