cd /news/ai-ethics/audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle… · home › topics › ai-ethics › article
[ARTICLE · art-16753] src=asomo.co pub= topic=ai-ethics verified=true sentiment=· neutral

Audio Edition: The Scouring of Middle Earth

Palantir has released an audio edition of its essay "The Scouring of Middle Earth," featuring a *Lord of the Rings*-inspired soundtrack, exclusively for paying subscribers. The piece compares the ethics of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy epic to those of the Peter Thiel-backed military-AI company.

read1 min publishedMay 15, 2026

Dearest super-subscribers,

Here’s the audio version of my new piece, The Scouring of Middle Earth. The audio is exclusive to paying subscribers, and has a Lord of the Rings inspired soundtrack, so I hope you enjoy!

I have in recent weeks re-read J.R.R Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings to compare its ethics to those of the Peter Thiel-backed military-AI comp…

source & further reading
asomo.co — original article Why Tolkien Would Rename Palantir Technologies to Orthanc Inc The Scouring of Middle Earth
── more in #ai-ethics 4 stories · sorted by recency
sponsored brought to you by zahid.host 4,200+ EU-deployed projects
reading about agents? ship yours in a single git push.

Run your AI side-project on zahid.host

EU-based hosting, git-push deploys, automatic HTTPS, no cold starts. Free tier with a custom domain — perfect for shipping the agent you just read about.

$git push zahid main
→ Live at https://your-agent.zahid.host ✓
Get free account → Pricing
from €0/mo · no card required
LIVE [news/audio-edition-the-sc…] indexed:0 read:1min 2026-05-15 · —