It’s a common complaint that “computing” is broken. Whether the concern is government surveillance, invasive advertising and malware, censorship by private and public bodies, or the general gulf between user control and control of users, many worry that our amazing network of networks has been slowly atrophying for some time. But a project called Urbit aims to overcome this—by getting humans to start thinking more like Martians.
Urbit is brought to you by a man named Curtis Yarvin, who is better known in some circles by his nom de plume, Mencius Moldbug. As Moldbug, Yarvin has penned fiery condemnations of democracy, extolled the virtues of historic monarchies, and found himself as a philosophical leader for the budding “neoreactionary” movement. But the Urbit project might be even more intriguing than its radical creator.
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