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Curtis Yarvin was born on June 25, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York, United States and is credited as a computer scientist, political theorist and blogger. As of 2026, Curtis Yarvin is 53 years old. Education on record includes Wilde Lake High School and Brown University. Notable works include Urbit and retire all government employees.
My Take
Curtis Yarvin is one of those rare people where you have to genuinely separate the thinker from the ideas — and I find that exercise genuinely interesting. A Brown-educated computer scientist who spent years building Urbit, a fascinatingly weird attempt to redesign the internet from the ground up, Yarvin clearly has the intellectual horsepower to do serious work. But he's probably better known as Mencius Moldbug, the pen name behind the neo-reactionary movement, where he argues that democracy is basically broken and that what the West needs is something closer to a sovereign CEO. It's provocative, deliberately elitist, and written in a sprawling, almost Victorian style that either pulls you in or loses you in the first paragraph. Love him or find him alarming, he's not borrowing anyone else's framework — and in an era of hot takes recycled from Twitter, that kind of original (if deeply contentious) thinking is at least worth understanding.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Curtis Yarvin
- Name (Japanese)
- カーティス・ヤーヴィン
- Reading
- かーてぃす・やーゔぃん
- Born
- June 25, 1973 (age 53)
- Origin
- Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Occupation
- computer scientist / political theorist / blogger
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Ox
2. Background
- High school
- Wilde Lake High School
- University
- Brown University
3. Works & records
Filmography / notable works
| Category | Title |
|---|---|
| Notable work | Urbit |
| Notable work | retire all government employees |
4. Links
5. About this entry
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Curtis Yarvin born?
Born June 25, 1973 (age 53).
Where is Curtis Yarvin from?
Curtis Yarvin is from Brooklyn, New York, United States.
What does Curtis Yarvin do?
Curtis Yarvin works as computer scientist, political theorist, blogger.
What is Curtis Yarvin known for?
Notable works include Urbit, retire all government employees.
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