Career Timeline of Curtis Yarvin: Major Achievements and Milestones

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Curtis Yarvin

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

Curtis Yarvin, also known as Mencius Moldbug, is a far-right American blogger and a key figure in the Dark Enlightenment, or neo-reactionary movement (NRx). Along with philosopher Nick Land, Yarvin is considered a founder of this anti-egalitarian and anti-democratic philosophical movement.

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2002: Began work on Urbit

In 2002, Curtis Yarvin began work on the Urbit networked computing platform.

2002: Founded Urbit platform

In 2002, Curtis Yarvin founded the Urbit computer platform.

2007: Began Unqualified Reservations blog

In 2007, Curtis Yarvin began the blog Unqualified Reservations to promote his political views.

2007: Published "A formalist manifesto"

In 2007, Curtis Yarvin published "A formalist manifesto" on Unqualified Reservations, outlining his concept of "formalism".

2008: First use of "neoreactionary"

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

2012: Wrote about Retire All Government Employees or RAGE

In 2012, Curtis Yarvin wrote about Retire All Government Employees or RAGE.

2012: Gave talk at BIL Conference

In 2012, under his pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, Curtis Yarvin gave a talk about "rebooting" the American government at the BIL Conference, advocating for "RAGE" (Retire All Government Employees).

2013: Co-founded Tlön Corp

In 2013, Curtis Yarvin co-founded Tlön Corp to develop Urbit with funding from Peter Thiel's Founders Fund.

2013: Co-founded Tlon to oversee Urbit

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

2013: Focused on Urbit

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

2014: Stopped writing Unqualified Reservations

In 2014, Curtis Yarvin stopped writing Unqualified Reservations blog.

April 2016: Unqualified Reservations completed its mission

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

2016: Invited to LambdaConf 2016

In 2016, Curtis Yarvin's invitation to present on Urbit at LambdaConf 2016 led to withdrawals of speakers and sponsors.

January 2019: Left Tlön Corp

In January 2019, Curtis Yarvin left Tlön Corp, while retaining some involvement with Urbit's development.

2019: Left Tlon

In 2019, Curtis Yarvin left the company Tlon.

2020: Began Gray Mirror

In 2020, Curtis Yarvin began blogging his views under the page name Gray Mirror, speculating on achieving a fascist coup in America.

2020: Started Gray Mirror newsletter

In 2020, Curtis Yarvin started writing the Gray Mirror newsletter.