To study Palantir CEO Alex Karp’s transformation from left-wing philosophy PhD student in critical theory to highest-paid billionaire CEO of a repressive government surveillance startup is truly a masterclass in irony. PART 2 of “SAURON, INCORPORATED: A Corporate History of Palantir” is now live on Spotify, Apple, and Patreon. For Pat users have made a free and public collection (6 hours?) of my ravings about Palantir, and the dangers posed by a corporate incentive to automate violence on Patreon, again (free). Ad-free…