Every functioning society depends on ordinary people who choose to act when no one is watching — not for credit, not for recognition, but because character demands it.

Alex Karp — co-founder and CEO of the software firm Palantir Technologies — learned that truth young. Before he built Palantir, before he became a public figure, he and his mother were in serious trouble: broke, overwhelmed, and without a clear path forward.

A jewelry store owner saw their need and gave his family a place to live. Speaking about this person on a now viral clip from The Axios Show warning: language), Karp became visibly emotional, saying “in general, people don’t help you … but the ones that do are special.”

Decades later, when Karp’s life looked very different, he found this person and repaid her in a w

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