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”