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Palantir founder purchases large swath of forest in Sweden

119 points · 94 comments · davidja

  1. mertleee · · focus · HN ↗
    Assuming this is for conservation, it's hard to find reasons this is a bad thing.
    1. mahboi · · focus · HN ↗
      Why would Alex Karp randomly buy Swedish forest for conservation?
      1. fhdkweig · · focus · HN ↗
        Trying to buy himself back into heaven, like Bill Gates did. We only have the article's quotation for evidence, but it does say:

        > Karp made the purchase through his newly registered company Cladonia Skog AB. The chairman of Cladonia told the Swedish newspaper that the land provides valuable habitat for wildlife and space for recreation.

        1. colordrops · · focus · HN ↗
          He plans to create a ground for hunting humans, a la "The Most Dangerous Game".
          1. moralestapia · · focus · HN ↗
            I wouldn't be surprised.

            Karp strikes me as the type of person that would do this "for fun".

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