You want this in the voice of George Carlin. Here it is, with his blunt, no-nonsense cadence, a dash of his takes on tech, power, and the absurd: 0:00 Friedberg brings on Palantir’s Shyam Sankar and Anduril’s Trae Stephens like they’re the grown-ups in the room, except the grown-ups brought a map of the world and a conscience that’s got more holes in it than Swiss cheese. Welcome to the theater of techno-saviors, where every gadget is a good idea, and every good idea needs a battlefield. 0:56 Palantir Origins: CIA Analyst Joins a 20-person startup. Twenty people, and somehow the CIA’s fingerprints aren’t just on the pizza box—no, they’re on the business plan, the code, the carpet fibers. It’s not a startup story, it’s a recruitment flyer for the most expensive hobby in the world: spying for profit. 2:54 War, Deterrence & Silicon Valley's Defense Tech Taboo. The taboo isn’t about war; it’s about admitting you love loopholes, contracts, and the kind of risk that comes with turnin...