LISTEN Exploitation Economy
The Prof G Show with Scott Galloway june 25, 2020
Scott discusses how the Tech Giants will see a snapback in their US advertising revenue, as well as how the disruption to higher education has already begun and why universities need to rethink their plans. Scott also brings on Jim McKelvey, the co-founder of Square, to hear his ideas around innovation, the payments sphere, and advice to entrepreneurs. McKelvey is also the author of “The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time.” This week’s Office Hours: Palantir’s potential IPO, what to expect when impact investing, and how to build your personal brand. Algebra of Happiness has Scott wondering when the US moved from an innovation economy to an exploitation economy.
Scott discusses how the Tech Giants will see a snapback in their US advertising revenue, as well as how the disruption to higher education has already begun and why universities need to rethink their plans. Scott also brings on Jim McKelvey, the co-founder of Square, to hear his ideas around innovation, the payments sphere, and advice to entrepreneurs. McKelvey is also the author of “The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time.” This week’s Office Hours: Palantir’s potential IPO, what to expect when impact investing, and how to build your personal brand. Algebra of Happiness has Scott wondering when the US moved from an innovation economy to an exploitation economy. Learn more about your ad choices.
Scott discusses how the Tech Giants will see a snapback in their US advertising revenue, as well as how the disruption to higher education has already begun and why universities need to rethink their plans. Scott also brings on Jim McKelvey, the co-founder of Square, to hear his ideas around innovation, the payments sphere, and advice to entrepreneurs. McKelvey is also the author of “The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time.” This week’s Office Hours: Palantir’s potential IPO, what to expect when impact investing, and how to build your personal brand. Algebra of Happiness has Scott wondering when the US moved from an innovation economy to an exploitation economy. Learn more about your ad choices.
PALANTIR IS EVIL
Palantir Knows Everything About You
Palantir, the data-mining company co-founded by [paypal] Peter Thiel, was named after a mystical, all-powerful seeing stone in “Lord of theRings.”
Trump’s paid Peter Thiel’s Palantir $1.5B so far to build ICE’s mass-surveillance network
the US government has at least 29 active contracts with the company worth approximately $1.5 billion. This covers Palantir’s work with all four branches of the military, Border Patrol, ICE, and Homeland Security, but it doesn’t even touch on the hundreds of contracts it has with local law enforcement throughout the country. He was the President’s seventh largest campaign donor in 2016 and remains a staunch ally. But it wasn’t President Trump who brought Palantir into the country’s fold, that distinguishment belongs to President Barack Obama.
the US government has at least 29 active contracts with the company worth approximately $1.5 billion. This covers Palantir’s work with all four branches of the military, Border Patrol, ICE, and Homeland Security, but it doesn’t even touch on the hundreds of contracts it has with local law enforcement throughout the country. He was the President’s seventh largest campaign donor in 2016 and remains a staunch ally. But it wasn’t President Trump who brought Palantir into the country’s fold, that distinguishment belongs to President Barack Obama.
Palantir is considered evil because the people who run it have strong beliefs about what they want the future to look like, and they act aggressively on those beliefs. Palantir struggles with clients for whom there’s no clear and present evil. When there’s no bad guy, there is a danger that Palantir itself can go rogue with its arrogance.
Peter Thiel’s data-mining company is using War on Terror tools to track American citizens. The scary thing? Palantir is desperate for new customers.
Palantir Director: We’re “Middle Earth warriors ” Battling “Evil” Palantir, that CIA-funded, Silicon Valley creephouse that funnels in humanity’s data and spits
The Evil List
Which tech companies are really doing the most harm? Here are the 30 most dangerous, ranked by the people who know.
Which tech companies are really doing the most harm? Here are the 30 most dangerous, ranked by the people who know.
TRUMP’S REPUBLICAN FRIENDUnderstanding How Peter Thiel Got Rich
Just prior to 1990, Thiel was finishing a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Stanford University. In 1992, he completed a law degree at Stanford. After graduation, he clerked on a federal appeals court for about one year before he was invited to interview for clerkships with Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia.
Just prior to 1990, Thiel was finishing a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Stanford University. In 1992, he completed a law degree at Stanford. After graduation, he clerked on a federal appeals court for about one year before he was invited to interview for clerkships with Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Antonin Scalia.
The “PayPal Mafia” is a group of former PayPal employees and founders who have since founded and developed additional technology companies such as Tesla, Inc., LinkedIn, Palantir Technologies, SpaceX, YouTube, Yelp, and Yammer.Most of the members attended Stanford University or University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign at some point in their studies.