The Trump administration is describing its Palantir project as an effort to do away with waste and fraud by eliminating silos. But as other nations have learned, the silos are what make the difference between an efficient digital government and chilling, oppressive surveillance. Read this piece and more at TheRipCurrent.com.

The Trump administration is describing its Palantir project as an effort to do away with waste and fraud by eliminating silos. But as other nations have learned, the silos are what make the difference between an efficient digital government and chilling, oppressive surveillance. Read this piece and more at TheRipCurrent.com.

Reading: The All-American Surveillance System is Coming

The Rip Current covers the big, invisible forces carrying us out to sea, from tech to politics to greed to beauty to culture to human weirdness. The currents are strong, but with a little practice we can learn to spot them from the beach, and get across them safely.

Veteran journalist Jacob Ward has covered technology, science and business for NBC News, CNN, PBS, and Al Jazeera. He's written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, and is the former Editor in Chief of Popular Science magazine.

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The Rip Current covers the big, invisible forces carrying us out to sea, from tech to politics to greed to beauty to culture to human weirdness. The currents are strong, but with a little practice we can learn to spot them from the beach, and get across them safely. Veteran journalist Jacob Ward has covered technology, science and business for NBC News, CNN, PBS, and Al Jazeera. He's written for The New Yorker, The New York Times Magazine, Wired, and is the former Editor in Chief of Popular Science magazine.

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