The post exhorted the US to reinstate a military draft, saying that “free and democratic societies” need “hard power” in order to prevail.
Our adversaries will not pause to indulge in theatrical debates about the merits of developing technologies with critical military and national security applications.
Palantir has built up more than £500m in contracts in Britain, including a £330m contract with the NHS, as well as deals with the police and Ministry of Defence.
“Either way it shows that the company’s ethos is entirely unsuited to working on UK government projects involving citizens’ most sensitive private data.”.
It is unclear what inspired Palantir to publish the manifesto, which appears to reprise Karp’s book, The Technological Republic, published last year.
View image in fullscreen Palantir has a £330m contract with the NHS, as well as deals with the police and Ministry of Defence.
“Palantir’s ‘manifesto’ sounds like the ramblings of a supervillain,” said Victoria Collins, a Liberal Democrat MP. »
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