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

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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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