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 Stephen dug into the origins of Palantir’s name, what Tolkien’s lore reveals about the company’s culture and ambitions, and what Tolkien himself might think about it all. #palantir #lordoftherings #tolkien
Subscribe to our channel and turn on notifications (🔔) so you don’t miss any videos: http://goo.gl/0bsAjO
Vox.com is a news website that helps you cut through the noise and understand what’s really driving the events in the headlines. Check out http://www.vox.com.
Watch our full video catalog: http://goo.gl/IZONyE
Follow Vox on TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@voxdotcom
Check out our articles: https://www.vox.com/
Listen to our podcasts: https://www.vox.com/podcasts
