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.

Dearest super-subscribers, Here’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 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…