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Leaving this here for people interested in what the software actually is.

https://www.palantir.com/docs/

Good series about the approach from a functional perspective https://fsharpforfunandprofit.com/posts/dependencies/

Good articulation of why things don’t quite play out that way within a company here https://rushjs.io/pages/intro/why_mono/

Getting cancer isn't a decision though, and curing cancer isn't zero-sum. You can argue the schools were predatory, but someone who made the responsible decision to take a scholarship at a state school is footing the bill for someone who made the irresponsible decision to take loans to attend an expensive private school.

Regardless of thoughts on Thiel, the second link feels like a hit piece —- the entire article hinges on one paragraph “BuzzFeed News can reveal that in at least one instance during the summer of 2016, Thiel hosted a dinner with [white nationalist]… And then Thiel emailed the next day to say how much he’d enjoyed his company.“ How many other people were at the dinner? How many other people received this email? What were the contents of the email, i.e. was it a generic thank you? Left to suspect these details would make the story less interesting