top | item 23073892 (no title) jvehent | 5 years ago So governments already have all the potassium nitrate, Palantir is just helping them make bullets? discuss order hn newest taywrobel|5 years ago Sure, if you think querying a database is the same as shooting someone.If so, please don’t tell me you’re a DBA. zxcmx|5 years ago I think this is position is a bit naive. Like saying "but child porn is just bits, like any other type of file".A crucial step in shooting someone (or a drone strike) is figuring out who to target and where they are.The fact that this is an important use case for Palantir makes it not hyperbole to talk about "weaponising information". load replies (1) untog|5 years ago The example given was hyperbolic but I do think it’s true that a database can be “weaponised” once it’s got the power of state violence behind it.
taywrobel|5 years ago Sure, if you think querying a database is the same as shooting someone.If so, please don’t tell me you’re a DBA. zxcmx|5 years ago I think this is position is a bit naive. Like saying "but child porn is just bits, like any other type of file".A crucial step in shooting someone (or a drone strike) is figuring out who to target and where they are.The fact that this is an important use case for Palantir makes it not hyperbole to talk about "weaponising information". load replies (1) untog|5 years ago The example given was hyperbolic but I do think it’s true that a database can be “weaponised” once it’s got the power of state violence behind it.
zxcmx|5 years ago I think this is position is a bit naive. Like saying "but child porn is just bits, like any other type of file".A crucial step in shooting someone (or a drone strike) is figuring out who to target and where they are.The fact that this is an important use case for Palantir makes it not hyperbole to talk about "weaponising information". load replies (1)
untog|5 years ago The example given was hyperbolic but I do think it’s true that a database can be “weaponised” once it’s got the power of state violence behind it.
taywrobel|5 years ago
If so, please don’t tell me you’re a DBA.
zxcmx|5 years ago
A crucial step in shooting someone (or a drone strike) is figuring out who to target and where they are.
The fact that this is an important use case for Palantir makes it not hyperbole to talk about "weaponising information".
untog|5 years ago