{"slug": "audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle-earth", "title": "Audio Edition: The Scouring of Middle Earth", "summary": "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.", "body_md": "Dearest super-subscribers,\n\nHere’s the audio version of my new piece, [The Scouring of Middle Earth](https://www.asomo.co/p/the-scouring-of-middle-earth-by-palantir). The audio is exclusive to paying subscribers, and has a *Lord of the Rings* inspired soundtrack, so I hope you enjoy!\n\nI 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…", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle-earth", "canonical_source": "https://www.asomo.co/p/audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle-earth", "published_at": "2026-05-15 10:20:50+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-05-28 18:51:52.673792+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["J.R.R Tolkien", "Peter Thiel", "Palantir"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle-earth", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle-earth.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle-earth.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/audio-edition-the-scouring-of-middle-earth.jsonld"}}