Palantir's Co-Founder Wants Us Less Judgmental About Deadly Iran School Strike
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- Joe Lonsdale, Palantir cofounder, suggested that the US strike on a girls' school in Iran may have been provoked by Iranian deception to gain global sympathy.
- Pentagon officials acknowledged that overreliance on Palantir technology contributed to the tragic strike that killed over 150 people, mostly children.
- Lonsdale vaguely supported accountability laws for tech companies but has significant financial incentives to avoid regulation due to his $6 billion in defense investments.
- Lonsdale's think tank and lobbying arm are involved in defense lobbying, and portfolio companies like Palantir and Anduril have secured massive government contracts.
- Lonsdale argued in a blog that making weapons can be moral, challenging public skepticism of the defense industry.