I’d hate for my kids to learn math! That sounds terrifying! Very dystopian. I specifically remember the part in the Orwell books where they had branded Coleman Pop-up tents and math riddle clipboards.  

I don’t know why Gizmodo’s weak attempts at journalism only really gets me upset when it comes to Palantir, but here we go again.

“...The event...is designed to get youngsters excited about science, technology, engineering and math...”

lol @ smear article against Palantir. Just like clockwork, Gawker. Stay classy.

No, a disclosure would be “Gawker is appealing litigation funded by Peter Thiel. This story was researched before that lawsuit was served to Gawker.” It becomes a whining digression when words like “vendetta” or phrases like “silence the company” get thrown around. That turns it into a poorly veiled attempt to solicit…

Injured cartilage underneath his sternum? That must be particularly difficult since there is no cartilage beneath the sternum. And the possibility of GI tract bleeding from being hit by a door is ludicrous. If they were honestly worried, they would have gotten a CT scan or colonoscopy which I’m sure he would have told…

(Peter Thiel, a Palantir cofounder, has admitted to bankrolling lawsuits against Gizmodo’s parent company Gawker Media in an effort to silence the company. Gizmodo began reporting on this story long before Thiel’s vendetta became known.)