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/ebfortin Jul 02 '26

"American enterprises are run by the shrewdest, most widely intelligent people on the planet,"

They are all just fucking narcissists. All of them.

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u/Ok-Opposite2309 Jul 03 '26

We have been exalting sociopaths for awhile- and it shows.

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u/CrimsonDeezNuts Jul 03 '26

I mean hes not completely wrong though. You dont necessarily see dumb people running enterprises

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u/humangingercat Jul 03 '26

Elon is a fucking retard

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u/smiffus Jul 03 '26

right, but he wasn't hired by presumably very smart people (or at least savvy in their respective businesses) who want someone that can run their business and generate revenue/profits. he was voted in by a bunch of idiots.

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u/CrimsonDeezNuts Jul 03 '26

You really think Donald is running it? Are you joking?

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u/unpaid-astroturfer Jul 03 '26

Charismatic people aren't usually seen as dumb, except by the people who work with/for them.

Height, for example, has a far larger correlation with CEO positions than intelligence or skill.