Over the past decade or so, as the data analytics company rose to prominence with its work for U.S. military and intelligence, Karp has largely stayed out of the limelight. Last year, in a rare interview with The New York Times, he described himself as 'progressive but not woke,' with 'a consistently pro-Western view.' Now, in 'The Technological Republic: Hard Power, Soft Belief, and the Future of the West' (co-authored with Nicholas Zamiska, Palantir's head of corporate affairs and legal counsel to the CEO), Karp has written something of a manifesto. In fact, he and Zamiska describe it as 'the beginnings of the articulation of the theory' behind Palantir. In their telling, Silicon Valley's early success was created by a close alliance between technology companies and the U.S. government. They argue that this alliance has splintered, with the government 'ceding the challenge of developing the next wave of pathbreaking technologies to the private sector,' while Silicon Valley has...
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