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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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