“Moldbug is good medicine for genuine progressives, who more than most have an obligation to think through their beliefs. It's strong and possibly toxic medicine, but having your thought congeal into mindless ideology is even more toxic.”

American political blogger and software developer

Curtis Guy Yarvin, also known by the pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American political blogger and software developer. He is identified with the far right and with the late 2000s intellectual current known as the Dark Enlightenment, or neo-reactionary movement. He is best known for helping found that anti-egalitarian, anti-democratic movement alongside philosopher Nick Land. His writing is associated with critique of democracy and equality, and with arguments that helped define NRx as a distinct political philosophy.