Questions For Curtis Yarvin (aka Mencius Moldbug)
I met Curtis a couple weeks ago and we briefly bonded over Dostoevsky. I’ll be recording a subscribers-only discussion with him on Dostoevsky, existentialism, the transition to modernity, 19th century Russia, and whatever else comes to mind.
If you have any questions for him (or me), leave them in the comments and I’ll try to fit them into the conversation. (Try to keep it at least tangential to the theme. I’m excited to talk to Curtis about subjects he doesn’t discuss much in public.)
Much more coming soon.
Looking forward to it! May be unrelated, but French invasion of 1812, and it’s impacts on the rest of the century in Russia.
I was deeply engrossed in existentialism in my early twenties, and now with some distance, I want to ask, what are some of the negative aspects of existentialism?
I'll list some questions that come to mind:
1. Does the fact that there were no prominent Anglo existentialists show that only continentals who were too busy not conquering the world were susceptible to it?
2. How does existentialism's inward point of view bode with BAP's more outward focused point of view? Constructing yourself through outward action vs inward reflection.
3. Does existentialism fundamentally appeal to a more neurotic and self-doubting personality, through which you only entangle yourself more into these questions?