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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. xhevahir · · focus · HN ↗
        Skiing. He arranges his life around Nordic skiing to an incredible degree.
        1. fhdkweig · · focus · HN ↗
          I don't really know anything about skiing, but can you do that in a virgin old-growth forest?
          1. sorenjan · · focus · HN ↗
            It's not far from a skiing resort.

            <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funasdalen.se&#x2F;en&#x2F;winter&#x2F;skiing&#x2F;cross-country-skiing&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;funasdalen.se&#x2F;en&#x2F;winter&#x2F;skiing&#x2F;cross-country-skiing&#x2F;

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