Secretive data company Palantir is going public. Here's how the firm's name was inspired by the indestructible seeing stones in 'Lord of the Rings.'

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· Palantir, the data-mining company co-founded by Peter Thiel, was named after a mystical, all-powerful seeing stone in "Lord of the Rings."
· One of the story's villains, the wizard Saruman, uses a palantir to surveil his enemies.
· The stone's power and limitless knowledge corrupt Saruman and allow him to be manipulated,...

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