Curtis Guy Yarvin (born 1973), also known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American far-right political blogger and software developer.[1][2][3] He is known, along with accelerationist philosopher Nick Land, for founding the anti-egalitarian and anti-democracy philosophical movement known as the Dark Enlightenment or neo-reactionary movement (NRx), which originated in the late 2000s.[4][5][6][7][2]
By the early 2020s, Yarvin and his ideas were noted as having growing ideological influence in the American Right, including among prominent figures such as Vice President JD Vance, and venture capitalist and Republican megadonor Peter Thiel.[2][8][9]
