caught Ross Douthats podcast Interesting Times he was interviewing Shyam Sankar the CTO (Chief Technical Officer) of Palantir it produces software for counterterrorism military operations corporate data management artificial intelligence

a couple of times during the interview they related “Who is watching the watchers?” and each time he heard Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Latin for Who will guard the guards themselves? Juvenal a satiric Roman poet circa First Century CE Common Era not AD Anno Domini Latin for “in the year of the Lord”  leaving Jesus out of this mess

                      whos watching Palantir

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? 

    Nah nah nah, no worries. Trust us. We have your best interests at heart.

 

he had wanted to learn Latin as a kid

found out what that would entail

the Catholic Church

Fuck

didnt want to learn it that bad

but certain words phrases stuck with him

and since he trusted no one    You have trust issues.    I don  Have no issues at all

    watch watchers  guard guardians

                                           security  freedom

Please excuse our burgeoning Surveillance State.

                                                     It’s for your own good.

good  isnt freedom

                        security

place everyone in cells

theyre safe and sound

    but what of those who have to maintain security

                                                         the jailers

got to imagine the few outside the cells   their freedom  will be awfully awfully fulfilling

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?

                         
                                          thats the job he wants

   

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Interesting Times  Palantir (Tolkien’s Seeing Stones)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4I7UsmX8HI