@axeln@norden.social @meganL@mas.to @mattmay@mstdn.social #Thiel knows what he's doing alright, but on some level he doesn't understand what he's doing: he named his company Palantir after #Palantír, the crystal ball in the Lord of the Rings books. In the books the Palantírs were accurate in foretelling the future but unreliable for showing guides to action. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palant%C3%ADr