‘Big brother’ apparatus to create a state of obedience

So in the brave new world of the miliary-industrial complex how do you turn a public relations dilemma and media pushback within the pseudo-democratic matrix into a smooth transition to all-out dystopian domination? Well, that seems to be the quandary facing Palantir at the moment. Streamlining its surveillance software to satisfy the demands of the…

Crunching numbers to turn us all into police informants

In the first part of this investigation into the “Miami lice sucking away our civil liberties” I suggested the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) was probably fairly satisfied with its relationship with Palantir, the National Health Service (NHS) less so – although still committed to a seven-year deal signed in 2023 – while British…

Inside the belly of the beast also known as Palantir

Just guessing, but I figure I’m one of very few people from my generation who has not read J R R Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” or watched Peter Jackson’s cinematic adaptations of the epic created by the “father of fantasy”. However I can’t claim complete ignorance of the “fellowship of the ring” and…