And CA was introduced to Palantir by none other than Sophie Schmidt, the daughter of one Eric Schmidt. It’s turtles all the way down, and anyone who thinks their private data is not being abused elsewhere (wink, wink) needs to perhaps think again.
[1] https://gizmodo.com/just-to-be-clear-i-totally-agree-i-like-...
[2] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3907562/Joe-Klani-Ma...
As long as the person that helped you get to where you are today is still in "power," you're indebted until he loses his throne.
Hollywood is another example.
some examples: http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2016/jun/23/...
[I wrote the first sentence before finding the link. I just knew that from previous experience searching people who have been prosecuted for crimes]
""" Wylie claimed that Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix was introduced to Palantir by Sophie Schmidt, the daughter of former Google CEO Eric Schmidt. """
so there's the one source we know about.
s/banking/data
s/monetary system/psychology
Power is the corrupter that turns people against people.
Thiel would tell you it's government, but that's just people with power. We like to focus on the abstraction in those cases; makes it easier to hide the truth.
Let's let a rando billionaire test drugs in uncontrolled experiments. Cause there's no chance some random side-effect could see it mutate into a human killing oopsie.
They're a rando billionaire, and have been emotionally captured by the nonsense notion he's somehow earned special privilege outside the financial and tech business contexts.