the problem with this sound bite and your question “whAt dOes palAnTiR kNOw aBouT tHe peRsON wAtchInG tHiS podCasT?” is that Palantir is software company that sells *wait for it* software to governments and companies to make sense of the data they legally posses. unlike your favorite social media companies, search engines, and other big tech darlings, Palantir doesn’t store or monetize customer/ personal data, and it’s not collecting information from different customers and creating its own super duper database to “rule them all” like the “Professor” is claiming. this has been debunked over and over again. and sure, like any powerful technology, it can be abused. thats why the company has way more @PalantirPrivacy engineers than sales people - to prevent the technology from being abused and/ or used unlawfully. Palantir makes money by selling software and prices it based on the OUTCOMES it will help those clients achieve within the rule of law. hope that helps (I doubt it will. I don’t have much faith in you. I’m more focused on ppl looking in the comments who will read this and learn something new. cheers)