BAES 149: Palantir Just Dropped a Manifesto

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Ben and Emil

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🗓️ 23 April 2026

⏱️ 84 minutes

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So Palantir weirded everyone out by posting a weird 22-point manifesto on twitter. We're going over the details of that and the ever-encroaching surveillance state we're all going to be stuck in before we know it. NEW MERCH OUT! Get 10% off when you sign up and also get bonus content, ad-free versions and more plus your first 7 days free at https://benandemilshow.com ***THE SOUTHWEST COMPANION PASS IS BACK GET IT HERE: https://www.cardratings.com/bestcards/featured-credit-cards?src=691608&shnq=520080,4028088,4048122,4028085,3006151,4048149,4028089,4048084&var2= The newest acid video is out now so check it out! https://youtu.be/7vkFY3f5kkw Give this video a thumbs up if you enjoyed it! And please leave us a comment! It helps us! ***Ben's new movies and tv podcast with Dillon is OUT NOW! GO WATCH the latest episode on our TOP MOVIES OF 2025: https://youtu.be/tbC-cMqcby8?si=tO0NK0PmpN2187ir **CHECK OUT EMIL'S LIVESTREAMS HERE: https://www.youtube.com/emilderosa __ SOME OTHER VIDEOS YOU MAY ENJOY: That's Cringe of Cody Ko: https://youtu.be/dTbEk0pVh2w Our AUSTIN VIDEO: https://youtu.be/yGSs56bFzRU Our episode with Kyla Scanlon: https://youtu.be/cIHWkY35cuc Big Tech is out of ideas (ft. ED ZITRON): https://youtu.be/zBvVGHZBpMw Arguing with a millionaire (ft. Chris Camillo): https://youtu.be/1ZUWTkWV_MM We bought suits HERE: https://youtu.be/_cM1XqA9n2U ***LINK TO OUR DISCORD: https://discord.gg/CjujBt8g ***Subscribe to Emil's Substack: https://substack.com/@emilderosa ***Trade with Ben at https://tradertreehouse.com __ RAG & BONE: Upgrade your denim game with rag & bone—get 20% off sitewide with code BAES at https://www.rag-bone.com #ragandbonepod HIMS HAIR: For simple, online access to personalized and affordable care for Hair Loss, ED, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://hims.com/baes TIMESTAMPS: 00:00-05:23 Intro, Ben's neighbors, boomer chain emails 05:23-15:35 Big tech's obligations 15:35-17:40 Rag & Bone ad 17:40-31:13 The draft, priests, be nice to politicians 31:13-33:00 Hims ad 33:00-53:00 Repeating history, defanging Germany, be nice to Elon Musk, Pokemon collectors 53:00-1:13:30 YEAAAAH, butthurt billionaire 1:13:30-1:22:09 Ben eats dog food, disproving accusations __ Follow us on instagram! @ benandemilshow @ bencahn @ emilderosa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.0	We're going through that crazy, crazy Palantir Manifesto. We've got to go through a point by point,
0:28.9	because it's absolutely nuts. Question is not whether AI weapons will be built. It is who will
0:35.1	build them and for what purpose? Is that straw manning or is that steel manning the other countries?
0:41.4	I read this as like either you're going to get eaten by a Chinese robot dog
0:45.6	or you're going to let us build the cool robots that eat Chinese people.
0:51.0	Too many have forgotten or perhaps take for granted that nearly a century of some
0:56.1	version of peace. Nearly a century of peace. I mean, sure.
0:58.9	Has prevailed in the world without a great power military conflict. At least, hang on, hold on.
1:06.1	At least three generations, billions of people and their children and now grandchildren have
1:10.4	never known a world war.
1:13.1	Not 1926 to now?
1:15.1	Basically this, dude.
1:16.6	It's, yeah.
1:20.2	Pointing it at everybody.
1:22.4	Pointing it at my balls and my head.
1:26.7	I'm looking at our time with bed in me. Tell me what's going to be. balls in my head. Tell me what's going on. Tell me what's going on.
1:49.6	Yeah.
1:51.8	Yeah.
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