Karp: Wokeness is offensive because people pretend to be different while identical
Alex Karp · Palantir CEO on Iran, AI Weapons and American Domination | a16z American Dynamism Summit · Mar 12, 2026 · at 27:46
Dr. Alex Karp, CEO of Palantir, discusses corporate culture, diversity of thought, and individualism at the a16z American Dynamism Summit.
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“Like, I, I've been famously anti-woke, but in, the thing I find offensive about it is actually that it's people pretending to be different while all being the same.”
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