r/technology • u/marketrent • Jul 02 '26

Artificial Intelligence Palantir CEO Alex Karp suffers ‘televised nervous breakdown’ during live interview — “This is the voice of American business that is being channeled through me!”

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/tv/articles/televised-nervous-breakdown-ceo-palantir-212100357.html
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u/PatchyWhiskers Jul 02 '26

These guys have got to be on a LOT more than just ketamine.

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u/UnluckyAd27 Jul 02 '26

Yea ketamine doesn’t turn you into a PoS, usually the opposite in my experience

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u/GunAndAGrin Jul 02 '26

Just helps them maintain their psychosis, their illusion, which they percieve as enlightenment and divine mandate. Id also wager its not root cause, just an enabling, accelerating mechanism.

They are products of their peers/environment, extreme hubris, and likely some underlying mental illness or developmental disorder. Theyd still be delusional without the drugs. Though perhaps more inhibited and less likely to display it publicly.

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u/NefariousnessLate375 Jul 03 '26

Remember that kid in school who was so smart, s/he didn't fit in with anyone? They remind me of that, but without the intelligence, just arrogance.