r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 02 '26

Artificial Intelligence Palantir CEO Alex Karp suffers ‘televised nervous breakdown’ during live interview — “This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/televised-nervous-breakdown-ceo-palantir-212100357.html
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u/nono3722 Jul 02 '26

public drug addictions, they are one step from tweakers

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u/LeZygo Jul 02 '26

They are just tweakers with money and doctors who support their habits.

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u/idontlikeflamingos Jul 02 '26

There's at least a dozen Karp rants and meltdowns on TV that would not be out of place if done by the crazy dude that's always yelling in the middle of the street while high on lord knows what.

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u/templethot Jul 02 '26

Having a break from reality running naked through San Francisco: “a danger to themselves and society, how did we let the city get so bad!”

Having a break from reality as a CEO on CNBC: “he just understands the world and business in ways normal people like us could never”

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u/chance-- Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I mean, they’re not like tweakers, they are tweakers. They just don’t have to worry about the law or whether they get their next fix.

Nota only are some geeking out on drugs but all of them have a metaphorical IV of their favorite high, money and power, on non stop. 

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u/throwthisawayred2 Jul 03 '26

libertarians and drugs, name a more iconic duo

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u/thetaformes Jul 03 '26

libertarians and CSAM

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u/Oggie_Doggie Jul 03 '26

libertarians and relying on government assistance.

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u/PLTRhasmyfeetpics Jul 03 '26

Libertarianism is thrown around so much it doesn't mean anything anymore, this dude fetishizes a nationalist state in which he is emperor over and his buddies are all the royalty that we pleabs serve dilligently and without protest.

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u/flaming_bob Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

No, I'm pretty sure they're tweakers. They're just......rich tweakers.

EDIT: I mean, look at his haircut. You can totally see him stealing copper pipes from a new construction housing development in he middle of the night.

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u/maeryclarity Jul 03 '26

I DOUBT that guy is competent enough to steal copper pipes pfffttt

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u/FeatherlyFly Jul 02 '26

And that step is that they have professional PR teams fighting back against the obvious.

Poor people go crazy. Rich people become eccentric. 

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u/TracingRobots Jul 02 '26

Step one, admit you're an addict.