Stanford students want in on the military tech gold rush
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Stanford students want in on the military tech gold rush
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#3don't they plan to cut defense spending? Where's the gold, competing with Lockheed?
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#4“My most effective and moral friends are now working for Palantir,” Ganesan says.
This statement is so absurd to me I don’t even know where to begin.
Effective, sure. Moral? Hmmmm. I’m not sure building tech to snipe people from on high is moral?
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#5don't they plan to cut defense spending? Where's the gold, competing with Lockheed?
They'll never cut defense spending. That's where the most grift and corruption are, and that's the bread and butter for any politician to horse-trade for what they want.
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#6don't they plan to cut defense spending? Where's the gold, competing with Lockheed?
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Re: Stanford students want in on the military tech gold rush
#7“My most effective and moral friends are now working for Palantir,” Ganesan says. This statement is so absurd to me I don’t even know where to begin. Effective, sure. Moral? Hmmmm. I’m not sure building tech to snipe people from on high is moral?
I was curious so Chat looked this fun fact up:
As of March 2025, Herbert L. Abrams is the only individual affiliated with Stanford University who has been associated with a Nobel Peace Prize. He served as the founding vice president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), which was collectively awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1985 for its efforts to prevent nuclear war.
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#8“My most effective and moral friends are now working for Palantir,” Ganesan says. This statement is so absurd to me I don’t even know where to begin. Effective, sure. Moral? Hmmmm. I’m not sure building tech to snipe people from on high is moral?
If you believe "si vis pacem, para bellum", then yes, moral plus essential.
Re: Stanford students want in on the military tech gold rush
#9“My most effective and moral friends are now working for Palantir,” Ganesan says. This statement is so absurd to me I don’t even know where to begin. Effective, sure. Moral? Hmmmm. I’m not sure building tech to snipe people from on high is moral?
Is it possible to be moral and dead?
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#10don't they plan to cut defense spending? Where's the gold, competing with Lockheed?
They'll never cut defense spending. That's where the most grift and corruption are, and that's the bread and butter for any politician to horse-trade for what they want.
>> They'll never cut defense spending
Military expenditure (% of GDP) - United States: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS?locat....
They often cut defense spending.