Gray Mirror

"There is no current narrative, in or out of power, that tells our complete story. Should this disturb you? It should." Curtis Yarvin and Passage Press proudly present Yarvin's first original work exclusive to print with Gray Mirror: Fascicle I, Disturbance. Disturbance is the first in a series of four fascicles-novella-length volumes that compose the full book Gray Mirror. The purpose of Disturbance is to disrupt our sense of where we are. Our historical, political, and philosophical narratives are not infallible, Yarvin tells us, nor are our institutions of public and private power inevitable. Both are the results of contingent historical events. Different stories could be told. Different structures could hold power. In his trademark style of historical and cultural analysis, Yarvin asks: are these systems working out for us? If not, what can we do about it? How can we start living in the truth?

Curtis Yarvin, born June 25, 1972, in New York City, is an American writer, blogger, and software engineer known for his work in political philosophy and technology. Raised in a diplomatic family, he studied computer science at Brown University and briefly attended UC Berkeley before leaving academia. Under the pseudonym Mencius Moldbug, he gained attention in the late 2000s with his blog Unqualified Reservations, where he critiqued modern democracy and explored historical perspectives on governance. Yarvin also co-founded Urbit, a decentralized computing platform, and has authored works like Gray Mirror: Fascicle I, Disturbance (2022), a series of essays on political and social theory.