Time Is Ripe For Modern Society To Stop Pumping Up Zombie-Like Role Models

This thought came into my mind when I read the following excerpt at Fortune:

Palantir CEO Alex Karp has made a similar case, despite holding three degrees (including a JD from Stanford). He’s been outspoken about the pressure young people face to pursue elite credentials—and dismissive of how much they matter once on the job.

“If you did not go to school, or you went to a school that’s not that great, or you went to Harvard or Princeton or Yale, once you come to Palantir, you’re a Palantirian. No one cares about the other stuff,” Karp said during an earnings call last year. Source

I’m sorry, but I lightly vomited into my mouth as I read this part of the article. WTF?

I use the word “zombie” very intentionally.

Zombies have no morality, mainly because they don’t have any consciousness. I’m thinking of the zombies we typically see in movies or hit TV shows. Zombies have a singular goal—to go and feed on the bodies of others so there can grow the zombie population.

But what do you call people who have consciousness but continue to exhibit zombie-like behavior described above?

Is it possible for these people to be worse than zombies? And why does big media need to go to these people for comments on random concerns? Doesn’t it matter how such people earn their money?

On that note, let’s see what a popular AI chat bot has to say when prompted with his human rights record:

Human rights concerns focus on Gotham and its applications:

1. Mass Surveillance & Predictive Policing:
   • Palantir software is used by agencies like ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for immigration enforcement. Activists allege it powers systems used to locate, detain, and deport undocumented immigrants, including family separations at the border.
   • It has been used by police departments for “predictive policing,” which critics argue reinforces racial biases and disproportionately targets minority communities by using historical crime data that reflects existing policing biases.
2. Military and Warfare:
   • Palantir has deep contracts with the U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community. Its software is used for mission planning, targeting, and intelligence analysis.
   • In the context of Israel-Palestine, Palantir has a significant contract with the Israeli Ministry of Defense. While details are classified, it is widely reported that Palantir’s software is used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) for data intelligence and military operations. For human rights groups, this means Palantir’s technology is directly involved in a conflict where alleged war crimes and heavy civilian casualties are ongoing points of international investigation.
3. Lack of Transparency and Accountability:
   • Palantir’s software is opaque. Its algorithms are secret, and its contracts often involve classified work. This “black box” nature makes it impossible for the public or oversight bodies to audit how decisions are made—who is targeted for deportation, why a neighborhood is flagged for policing, or how military targets are identified. This lack of due process and accountability is a fundamental human rights concern.