Supervillain or Cicero? Why Palantir’s manifesto has such sinister vibes
- Written by Daniel Baldino, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
Fabrice Coffrini / Getty ImagesEarlier this month, multibillion-dollar US tech company Palantir posted on X a summary of its chief executive Alex Karp’s recent book, the portentously titled The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West.
The book and the post offer a kind of manifesto, making sweeping claims...





