Pi philosopher

Je social critic

Also known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug

Known widely as a far-right, monarchist, and reactionary blogger

Known for founding the anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic philosophical movement known as the Dark Enlightenment or neo-reactionary movement (NRx)

In his blog Unqualified Reservations, which he wrote from 2007 to 2014, and in his later newsletter Gray Mirror, which he started in 2020, he argues that American democracy is a failed experiment that should be replaced by an accountable monarchy, similar to the governance structure of corporations

In 2002, Yarvin began work on a personal software project that eventually became the Urbit networked computing platform, and in 2013, he co-founded the company Tlon to oversee the Urbit project and helped lead it until 2019

Described as a "neo-reactionary", "neo-monarchist" and "neo-feudalist" who "sees liberalism as creating a Matrix-like totalitarian system, and who wants to replace American democracy with a sort of techno-monarchy"

Defended the institution of slavery, and has suggested that certain races may be more naturally inclined toward servitude than others

Claimed that whites have higher IQs than black people, and opposes US civil rights programs

Influenced some prominent Silicon Valley investors and Republican politicians, with venture capitalist Peter Thiel described as his "most important connection"