Career Timeline of Curtis Yarvin: Major Achievements and Milestones

From career breakthroughs to professional milestones, explore how Curtis Yarvin made an impact.

Curtis Yarvin, also known as Mencius Moldbug, is an American far-right political blogger and software developer. He is most notable as a founder, alongside Nick Land, of the Dark Enlightenment or neo-reactionary (NRx) movement. NRx is characterized by its anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic views, advocating for a return to traditional social hierarchies and often expressing skepticism towards modern political systems.

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2002: Began Work on Urbit

In 2002, Curtis Yarvin began working on a personal software project that eventually became the Urbit networked computing platform.

2002: Founded Urbit Computer Platform

In 2002, Yarvin founded the Urbit computer platform as a decentralized network of personal servers.

2007: Started Blog Unqualified Reservations

In 2007, Curtis Yarvin started the blog Unqualified Reservations to promote his political views and popularized the term "red pill" from The Matrix.

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2007: Published "A formalist manifesto" on Unqualified Reservations

In 2007, Yarvin published "A formalist manifesto" on Unqualified Reservations, calling his concept of aligning property rights with political power "formalism".

2008: First use of term "neoreactionary"

In 2008, Yarvin first used the term "neoreactionary" to describe his project.

2012: Introduced acronym "RAGE"

In 2012, Yarvin introduced the acronym "RAGE" (Retire All Government Employees) during a talk.

2012: Gave a Talk About Rebooting the American Government at the BIL Conference

In 2012, under his Moldbug pseudonym, Curtis Yarvin gave a talk about "rebooting" the American government at the BIL Conference. He advocated for the acronym "RAGE", defined as "Retire All Government Employees", and shared controversial views on World War II and political correctness.

2013: Co-founded Tlon

In 2013, Curtis Yarvin co-founded the company Tlon to oversee the Urbit project.

2013: Stopped Updating Unqualified Reservations

In 2013, Curtis Yarvin largely stopped updating his blog Unqualified Reservations to focus on Urbit.

2014: Stopped Writing Unqualified Reservations Blog

In 2014, Curtis Yarvin stopped writing his blog "Unqualified Reservations".

April 2016: Announced Unqualified Reservations Completed its Mission

In April 2016, Curtis Yarvin announced that Unqualified Reservations had "completed its mission".

2016: Invited to Present on Urbit at LambdaConf 2016

In 2016, Yarvin was invited to present on the functional programming aspects of Urbit at LambdaConf 2016, which resulted in the withdrawal of five speakers, two sub-conferences, and several sponsors due to his controversial views.

January 2019: Yarvin Left Tlön

In January 2019, Yarvin left Tlön, but retained some involvement in Urbit's development.

2019: Left Tlon

In 2019, Curtis Yarvin left Tlon, the company he co-founded to oversee the Urbit project.

2020: Started Blogging on Gray Mirror

In 2020, Curtis Yarvin began blogging his views under the page name Gray Mirror, where he speculates on how to achieve a fascist coup in America and replace democracy with a new form of monarchy.