{"id":157383,"date":"2024-09-09T16:06:50","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T00:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157383"},"modified":"2024-09-09T20:38:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T04:38:42","slug":"decoding-mencius-moldbug-aka-curtis-yarvin-9-9-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157383","title":{"rendered":"Decoding Mencius Moldbug aka Curtis Yarvin (9-9-24)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b70ZrTBBdvA?si=F28RlCONd-LmGoSH\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click to play at 01:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#60\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"60\">01:00<\/a> Who is Curtis Yarvin? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/23373795\/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/23373795\/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 02:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#120\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"120\">02:00<\/a> Mencius Moldbug, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curtis_Yarvin\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curtis_Yarvin<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 03:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#180\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"180\">03:00<\/a> Joseph Bronski critiques the Cathedral, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.josephbronski.com\/p\/was-moldbug-right-about-the-cathedral\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.josephbronski.com\/p\/was-moldbug-right-about-the-cathedral<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 04:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"240\">04:00<\/a> Ed Dutton talks to Curtis Yarvin, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BronskiJoseph\/status\/1833183955509543150\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/x.com\/BronskiJoseph\/status\/1833183955509543150<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 10:40\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#640\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"640\">10:40<\/a> \u201cWhat do all these polls mean?\u201d John Ellis of \u201cNews Items\u201d joins Hugh to review all the new data. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rdT1YVUxtNo\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rdT1YVUxtNo<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 15:45\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#945\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"945\">15:45<\/a> Debate prep<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1260\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1260\">21:00<\/a> Trump vs. Harris : Where it Stands on Eve of Debate | Mark Halperin, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zLFcCj3bxek\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zLFcCj3bxek<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 30:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#1800\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"1800\">30:00<\/a> NYT: To the World, He Is an Anti-Trafficking Hero. Women Tell a Different Story., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/09\/us\/tim-ballard-sound-of-freedom-sex-trafficking.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/09\/09\/us\/tim-ballard-sound-of-freedom-sex-trafficking.html<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 41:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2460\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2460\">41:00<\/a> How to predict human behavior, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w56Ae4mQA-8\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w56Ae4mQA-8<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 46:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2760\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2760\">46:00<\/a> Curious Gazelle and Elliott Blatt discuss Luke Ford, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_juUqZkF8tE\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_juUqZkF8tE<\/a><br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 48:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#2880\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"2880\">48:00<\/a> My days cohosting with Kevin Michael Grace <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 52:20\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#3140\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"3140\">52:20<\/a> Luke is comfortable with the uncomfortable<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:21:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#4860\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"4860\">1:21:00<\/a> Kip joins to discuss Mencius Moldbug <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:30:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5400\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5400\">1:30:00<\/a> Pet peeves<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:33:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#5580\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"5580\">1:33:00<\/a> Different groups carry their children differently <br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:44:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6240\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6240\">1:44:00<\/a> My relationship with my dad<br \/><a title=\"Click to play at 1:49:00\" class=\"ln-clickable-timestamp\" href=\"#6540\" data-action=\"episode-seek-audio\" data-timestamp=\"6540\">1:49:00<\/a> How haters tell on themselves, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0fWjBZ3-BCc\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0fWjBZ3-BCc<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IzP6Dg6OIsU?si=AhQIzCvqZiTCJB7c\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>01:00 Who is Curtis Yarvin? https:\/\/www.vox.com\/policy-and-politics\/23373795\/curtis-yarvin-neoreaction-redpill-moldbug02:00 Mencius Moldbug, https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Curtis_Yarvin03:00 Joseph Bronski critiques the Cathedral, https:\/\/www.josephbronski.com\/p\/was-moldbug-right-about-the-cathedral04:00 Ed Dutton talks to Curtis Yarvin, https:\/\/x.com\/BronskiJoseph\/status\/183318395550954315010:40 \u201cWhat do all these polls mean?\u201d John Ellis of \u201cNews Items\u201d joins Hugh to review all the new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=157383\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21791],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-america"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"01:00 Who is Curtis Yarvin? 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