Curtis Yarvin
American political blogger and computer scientist
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| January 2025 | Yarvin gave an interview to the New York Times discussing historical precedent for executive power, specifically referencing FDR's first inaugural address. |
| January 2025 | Attends a Trump inaugural gala in Washington, reportedly as an 'informal guest of honor' due to his influence over the Trumpian right. |
| January 2025 | Attends a Trump inaugural gala in Washington, reported by Politico as an 'informal guest of honor' due to his influence over the Trumpian right. |
| January 2025 | Attends a Trump inaugural gala in Washington, reportedly as an 'informal guest of honor' due to his influence over the Trumpian right. |
| January 2025 | Yarvin gave an interview to the New York Times discussing historical precedent for executive power, specifically referencing FDR's first inaugural address. |
| 2024 | Curtis Yarvin married Kristine Militello. |
| 2024 | Yarvin married Kristine Militello. |
| 2024 | Curtis Yarvin married Kristine Militello. |
| 2022 | Yarvin publishes 'The butterfly revolution' blog post, continuing his provocative political writings about potential coup and monarchical governance. |
| 2022 | Yarvin publishes 'The butterfly revolution' blog post, continuing his provocative political writings about potential coup and monarchical governance. |
| 2021 | JD Vance publicly cited Yarvin as an influence, referencing his RAGE concept and suggesting a strategy for replacing government employees. |
| 2021 | Curtis Yarvin's wife, Jennifer Kollmer, passed away. |
| 2021 | Jennifer Kollmer, Yarvin's first wife, passed away. |
| 2021 | JD Vance publicly cited Yarvin as an influence, referencing his RAGE concept and suggesting a strategy for replacing government employees. |
| 2021 | Curtis Yarvin's wife, Jennifer Kollmer, passed away. |
| May 2021 | Yarvin engaged in a notable conversation discussing potential authoritarian political strategies, including suggestions about gaining and exercising power through declaring a state of emergency and fundamentally restructuring institutions like Harvard and The New York Times. |
| May 2021 | Yarvin engaged in a notable conversation discussing potential authoritarian political strategies, including suggestions about gaining and exercising power through declaring a state of emergency and fundamentally restructuring institutions like Harvard and The New York Times. |
| 2020 | Yarvin started his Substack page called Gray Mirror, continuing his influence in the intellectual and political sphere. |
| 2020 | Starts his newsletter Gray Mirror. |
| 2020 | Yarvin started his Substack page called Gray Mirror, continuing his influence in the intellectual and political sphere. |
| 2019 | Yarvin helped lead the Urbit project through Tlon until 2019, marking a significant period of his involvement in the project. |
| 2019 | Steps down from leadership at Tlon. |
| 2019 | Steps down from leadership at Tlon. |
| 2019 | Yarvin helped lead the Urbit project through Tlon until 2019, marking a significant period of his involvement in the project. |
| January 2019 | Curtis Yarvin left Tlön Corp but maintained some intellectual and financial involvement in the ongoing development of Urbit. |
| January 2019 | Curtis Yarvin left Tlön Corp but maintained some intellectual and financial involvement in the ongoing development of Urbit. |
| February 2017 | Curtis Yarvin came to public attention when Politico reported that Steve Bannon, then White House Chief Strategist, read his blog. The article revealed that Yarvin had reportedly opened a line of communication with Bannon and his aides through an intermediary, which garnered widespread media coverage from outlets like The Atlantic and The Independent. |
| February 2017 | Curtis Yarvin came to public attention when Politico reported that Steve Bannon, then White House Chief Strategist, read his blog. The article revealed that Yarvin had reportedly opened a line of communication with Bannon and his aides through an intermediary, which garnered widespread media coverage from outlets like The Atlantic and The Independent. |
| 2016 | Yarvin privately claimed to Milo Yiannopoulos that he had been 'coaching Thiel' and recounted watching the 2016 US election at Thiel's residence. |
| 2016 | Yarvin was invited to present on the functional programming aspects of Urbit at LambdaConf 2016, leading to the withdrawal of five speakers, two sub-conferences, and several sponsors. |
| 2016 | Yarvin privately claimed to Milo Yiannopoulos that he had been 'coaching Thiel' and recounted watching the 2016 US election at Thiel's residence. |
| 2016 | Yarvin was invited to present on the functional programming aspects of Urbit at LambdaConf 2016, leading to the withdrawal of five speakers, two sub-conferences, and several sponsors. |
| April 2016 | Yarvin announced that 'Unqualified Reservations' had 'completed its mission'. |
| April 2016 | Yarvin announced that 'Unqualified Reservations' had 'completed its mission'. |
| 2014 | Concludes writing his blog Unqualified Reservations. |
| 2014 | Concludes writing his blog Unqualified Reservations. |
| 2013 | Yarvin largely stopped updating his blog 'Unqualified Reservations' as he began to focus on Urbit. |
| 2013 | Yarvin co-founded the company Tlon to oversee the Urbit project, contributing significantly to its development. |
| 2013 | Co-founds Tlon, the company to oversee the Urbit project, and helps lead it until 2019. |
| 2013 | Yarvin largely stopped updating his blog 'Unqualified Reservations' as he began to focus on Urbit. |
| 2013 | Yarvin co-founded the company Tlon to oversee the Urbit project, contributing significantly to its development. |
| 2012 | Under his Moldbug pseudonym, Yarvin delivered a talk at the BIL Conference, advocating for a 'rebooting' of the American government and introducing the acronym 'RAGE', which he defined as 'Retire All Government Employees'. |
| 2012 | Under his Moldbug pseudonym, Yarvin delivered a talk at the BIL Conference, advocating for a 'rebooting' of the American government and introducing the acronym 'RAGE', which he defined as 'Retire All Government Employees'. |
| 2011 | Investor Peter Thiel provided a $100,000 investment to Tlon's co-founder John Burnham, indicating Thiel's financial support for Yarvin's startup. |
| 2011 | Investor Peter Thiel provided a $100,000 investment to Tlon's co-founder John Burnham, indicating Thiel's financial support for Yarvin's startup. |
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