What would J.R.R. Tolkien think of Palantir?

What would J.R.R. Tolkien think of Palantir?

How The Lord of the Rings lore helps explain the mysterious tech company.

Palantir’s Tolkien-inspired company lore #shorts

Palantir Technologies may be one of Silicon Valley’s most secretive and influential companies — and its name comes straight from The Lord of the Rings. In Tolkien’s world, palantiri are magical “seeing stones” that let users communicate across distances and glimpse faraway events or possible futures, but they often mislead and corrupt the people who use them. So why would a real-world tech company embrace that symbolism? Vox producer Benjamin St…