"The United States is not, and should not be permitted to become, a soft compromise and amalgam of global values and tastes.
A reticence or perhaps incapacity to pronounce and to prefer, beyond the shallow and ritualistic shaming of others in the public sphere that masquerades as thought, has had costs.
A fuller statement of the causes and consequences of this reticence is set forth in The Technological Republic. In short, however, a tolerance of everything, a shallow embrace of all views and perspectives as equally valid, often and unfortunately devolves into a belief in nothing."
Read so as not to be a fool, soon parted with it's money.
Note some current PE values...
NVIDIA PE: 57,33
Apple PE: 34,62
Microsoft PE: 37,18
Palantir PE: 527,52
The rest of letter, is a kind of anti-woke stance, billionaire victim complex so frequently seen now. Just positioning to align with current US political trends and secure government contracts, especially given Palantir heavy reliance on defense spending.
With a P/E of 530 its hard to imagine a better short opportunity in the market. As much as palantir likes to pretend its a software company it is a bespoke software company which has only slightly better scaling laws than a consulting company. Make no mistake I have the utmost respect (if fear is a form of respect) for their surveillance capabilities. But that doesn't justify the market cap.
With a16z's ridiculous, "spiraling to infinity" press release, or more generally the business culture that appropriates from Jorge Luis Borges' works to justify immense profits, one could generally apply Hanlon's Razor to a degree. With this open letter, I don't see that at all. It emanates pure evil and megalomania.
If Harris was president, this letter would probably say "We proudly support the future of American scholarship and inclusion over simple-minded emotional reactions".
My opinion: The dominance theme comes across as overwrought, and makes it difficult to read the other content in the optimal state of mind.
(Perhaps an LLMITM is crafting it as such?)
Here’s how you can tell the letter's argument is dangerously empty: change one phrase, from 'The United States' to 'The Third Reich.' The fact that the entire letter still reads completely coherently, and suddenly sounds like authentic WW2 propaganda, shows that its core logic was never about America in the first place.
For example:
> "The Third Reich is not, and should not be permitted to become, a soft compromise and amalgam of global values and tastes. A reticence or perhaps incapacity to pronounce and to prefer... has had costs."
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 39.6 ms ] threadA reticence or perhaps incapacity to pronounce and to prefer, beyond the shallow and ritualistic shaming of others in the public sphere that masquerades as thought, has had costs.
A fuller statement of the causes and consequences of this reticence is set forth in The Technological Republic. In short, however, a tolerance of everything, a shallow embrace of all views and perspectives as equally valid, often and unfortunately devolves into a belief in nothing."
I hope he serves grilled cheese and Flavor Aid.
https://citronresearch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/OpenAI...
Read so as not to be a fool, soon parted with it's money.
Note some current PE values...
NVIDIA PE: 57,33
Apple PE: 34,62
Microsoft PE: 37,18
Palantir PE: 527,52
The rest of letter, is a kind of anti-woke stance, billionaire victim complex so frequently seen now. Just positioning to align with current US political trends and secure government contracts, especially given Palantir heavy reliance on defense spending.
- S. Pinker (via Simone S)
For example:
> "The Third Reich is not, and should not be permitted to become, a soft compromise and amalgam of global values and tastes. A reticence or perhaps incapacity to pronounce and to prefer... has had costs."