Gray Mirror

Gray Mirror

I'm Curtis Yarvin, previously recognized as Mencius Moldbug, and you're here to read and share your thoughts on the drafts of my upcoming book. Once the book is complete, we can find a different reason to connect. The goal of Gray Mirror Of The Nihilist Prince is to offer an in-depth, original perspective on governance in the 21st century. While the book will revisit some concepts from my earlier blog, Unqualified Reservations (2007-2013), that primarily explored historical and contemporary issues, Gray Mirror will feature entirely new, high-quality content focused on the future.

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  • 3 weeks ago | graymirror.substack.com | Curtis Yarvin

    I’m in NYC from now till Friday night. Managing contacts isn’t my strong suit. I meet way too many wonderful people. But if you want to meet up this week, email, DM or text me—as long as either (a) we’ve hung out either online or IRL (including office hours), or (b) you’re someone I’d know or have heard of anyway. Sorry, strangers—a bit of a security moment, as you’d guess. (Also, please follow me on Twitter at @curtis_yarvin.)

  • 3 weeks ago | graymirror.substack.com | Curtis Yarvin

    As we slowly start to come to terms with the incredible conceptual difficulty of even imagining what it would mean to restructure the USG, some of the deepest issues are at the level of finance, economics, and even mere accounting. The United States needs to be restructured in many senses—most of all, in a financial sense. “Restructuring,” in a financial sense, is a euphemism for bankruptcy. A national restructuring is a national bankruptcy.

  • 2 months ago | graymirror.substack.com | Curtis Yarvin

    There are rumors that I may be speaking soon at Harvard. I have nothing to announce at present. (But how hard can it be to rent an armored car?)As a longstanding critic of that ancient institution, I want to critique the Trump administration’s letter to Harvard. I want to like the letter. I feel it is almost good. Almost does not necessarily cut it in this kind of a historical situation, however.

  • 2 months ago | graymirror.substack.com | Curtis Yarvin

    Video interview in the Spectator; text interview at Le Grand Continent. (Content warning: French.)

  • 2 months ago | graymirror.substack.com | Curtis Yarvin

    I get messages from people (sad people!) who still believe in free trade. I urge them to read Carlyle on the condition-of-England question. Here is a modernized version. Suppose you had a drone which was a time machine: it could visit history, even alternate history, but only to fly over it and take video. When you watch the video of two versions of a city, you decide which one is doing better. Then, you check the actual statistics to see if you were right.