The government is now using Palantir not just to monitor you, but to predetermine your fate even before you take your first step.

A couple of years ago, I was chatting with some friends about people who tailor their personalities to meet others’ expectations. And then, during the conversation, one of us opened YouTube on his smartphone and — guess what — several videos relevant to our conversation immediately popped up. The very first one was titled Why You Feel You Have No Personality? , as if YouTube somehow knew in advance what to show.

We were all a bit stunned at the time. What was that?

A coincidence? But why several relevant videos at once, rather than just one among random ones?

Did the smartphone read our minds? Nonsense — smartphones can’t “read minds.”

Nevertheless, something similar happened.

Why?…