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What if the most powerful surveillance system on Earth wasn’t controlled by a government—but by a private tech company?
In The Oracle of Control, author Samson Harper investigates the rise of Palantir Technologies, a secretive firm at the heart of modern surveillance. Backed by the CIA and driven by the ideology of billionaire Peter Thiel, Palantir has quietly become essential to counterterrorism operations, predictive policing, immigration enforcement, and corporate data mining.
This book unpacks how Palantir’s tools—originally built for the battlefield—are now reshaping civilian life, public policy, and democratic oversight. Drawing on real-world cases and deep research, Harper reveals the alarming ways surveillance capitalism is expanding under the radar—and asks what it means for civil liberties in the digital age.