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		rdtsc 40 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: JRR Tolkien reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (... > I wonder what Tolkien would say of so much of the symbolism from his novels being used to bootstrap a horrible dystopian control grid? What is that referring to? Some new LotR adaptation or some new game? > The way that orcs are dehumanized you have to wonder. Why would they be humanized, they are not human?

cgh 40 days ago [–]

I think the OP is referring to the company Palantir.

rdtsc 40 days ago | [–]

Ah fair enough. I just couldn't see it. Thanks for explaining.

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