Simplicity is the cure for violence. For example, if we pos… - Curtis Yarvin

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Simplicity is the cure for violence. For example, if we postulate an imaginary oracle that could predict the outcome of any battle, we could eliminate war. The predicted loser would have no incentive but to concede to the demands of the predicted winner.

Curtis Yarvin

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Curtis Yarvin (born June 25, 1973), also known under his pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American computer scientist and quintessential political theorist of the neoreactionary movement. He is also creator of the Urbit computing platform and, currently, authors primarily the Gray Mirror blog.

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Alternative Names: Mencius Moldbug • Curtis Guy Yarvin • Moldbug

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