'The Philosopher's Stoned': Cathy Vogan on Palantir Technologies at their Canberra branch
Channel: Cathy Vogan Films
Date: 2014-05-04

The Palantíri [singular Palantir] could only show visions or intended thoughts of the users. Their vision was not based on obstacles, but on darkness; they could see through things, but would only see shadow... Palantir Technologies, is a premium Silicon Valley start-up that writes software to track your digital footprints, and then 'join the dots' to determine who you are and what you might do next.

Welcome to Big Brother meets Big Data. 
It's demonstrably unreliable but it sells.

The Philosopher's Stoned (written format):  http://thing2thing.com/?p=4343