Topic: Curtis Yarvin (the artist formerly known as Mencius Moldbug) is writing again!!!!
Meta !Sober//iZs started this discussion 6 years ago #92,081
After a six year hiatus!! ?His new essay series: https://americanmind.org/essays/the-clear-pill-part-1-of-5-the-four-stroke-regime/
His back catalog (I highly recommend it) can be browsed at: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/
Probably best to start here: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/04/open-letter-to-open-minded-progressives/
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 1 hour later[^] [v] #1,046,009
@OP
> Probably best to start here: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/04/open-letter-to-open-minded-progressives/
This was fun. I was mentally trying to put myself back in 2008 while reading this. I wish I could have gone forward in time and read this from a decade in the future ten years ago for comparison.
> His new essay series: https://americanmind.org/essays/the-clear-pill-part-1-of-5-the-four-stroke-regime/
This made for a nice Sunday afternoon read. I'll try to give them all a read as they come out. I enjoyed some of the general observations. I don't know if I'm fully on board with his engine metaphor, but I'll trudge along to see what he does with it. Does he need to compare stuff to Hitler so often? Is his plan to get me to exercise and refresh my eyes by rolling them at regular intervals while I read?
> Probably best to start here: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/04/open-letter-to-open-minded-progressives/
This was fun. I was mentally trying to put myself back in 2008 while reading this. I wish I could have gone forward in time and read this from a decade in the future ten years ago for comparison.
> His new essay series: https://americanmind.org/essays/the-clear-pill-part-1-of-5-the-four-stroke-regime/
This made for a nice Sunday afternoon read. I'll try to give them all a read as they come out. I enjoyed some of the general observations. I don't know if I'm fully on board with his engine metaphor, but I'll trudge along to see what he does with it. Does he need to compare stuff to Hitler so often? Is his plan to get me to exercise and refresh my eyes by rolling them at regular intervals while I read?
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tteh !IAMGAYLOL joined in and replied with this 6 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,046,012
I remember this chap! He published a lot of amusing drivel in response to Dawkins' book.
I was hoping he'd have a GitHub account, or somewhere I could review his code -- seems he's not actually produced anything! Quite strange to see him often described as a "programmer" instead of just a bloke who studied comp sci a few decades ago.
I was hoping he'd have a GitHub account, or somewhere I could review his code -- seems he's not actually produced anything! Quite strange to see him often described as a "programmer" instead of just a bloke who studied comp sci a few decades ago.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 9 months later, 9 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,142,584
@OP
> Probably best to start here: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/04/open-letter-to-open-minded-progressives/
From the page you linked:
> But there is an even more pessimistic view. Suppose American democracy is not a contest between truth and reason and a quasicriminal political machine, but a contest between two quasicriminal political machines? Suppose progressivism is just like conservatism? If it was, who would tell you?
I’ll tell you who would tell you that. Literally anyone from any country in the world that has a more sane political system than the US of A have.
> Probably best to start here: https://www.unqualified-reservations.org/2008/04/open-letter-to-open-minded-progressives/
From the page you linked:
> But there is an even more pessimistic view. Suppose American democracy is not a contest between truth and reason and a quasicriminal political machine, but a contest between two quasicriminal political machines? Suppose progressivism is just like conservatism? If it was, who would tell you?
I’ll tell you who would tell you that. Literally anyone from any country in the world that has a more sane political system than the US of A have.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 12 minutes later, 9 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,142,585
blom joined in and replied with this 5 years ago, 3 hours later, 9 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,142,609
My eyes start glazing over sorry
Meta !Sober//iZs (OP) replied with this 5 years ago, 9 hours later, 9 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,142,738
@1,046,012 (tteh !IAMGAYLOL)
He was involved in creating some WAP software (20 years ago when that was the hot new thing) and he was apparently able to retire from the proceeds. He kept it vague on his blog for obvious reasons.
I doubt Yarvin would get a GitHub because he would probably be banned for his unorthodox views.
If you want to see his work, he's the co-creator of Urbit which is... a replacement for the internet that somehow involves the blockchain and Ethereum. I do not really understand it but it seems pretty sophisticated.
He was involved in creating some WAP software (20 years ago when that was the hot new thing) and he was apparently able to retire from the proceeds. He kept it vague on his blog for obvious reasons.
I doubt Yarvin would get a GitHub because he would probably be banned for his unorthodox views.
If you want to see his work, he's the co-creator of Urbit which is... a replacement for the internet that somehow involves the blockchain and Ethereum. I do not really understand it but it seems pretty sophisticated.