The CCRU (Cybernetic Culture Research Unit)
The Incubator — Warwick 1995-1997
A flat above a Body Shop in Leamington Spa generated the philosophical engine of 21st-century Silicon Valley ideology. Founded late 1995 at University of Warwick by Sadie Plant (cyberfeminist, Zeros + Ones).
Also in Dark Enlightenment
Curtis Yarvin / Mencius MoldbugThe Intellectual Architect — Blog Posts to GovernmAlex KarpThe Paradox Shield — Frankfurt School → SurveillanShyam SankarThe Systems Engineer — Ontology ArchitectJoe LonsdaleThe State-Level Enforcer — Palantir Co-FounderBalaji SrinivasanThe Territorial Architect — Network StateDOGE Personnel PipelineThe Shadow Civil Service — Palantir → Government RNick LandThe Architect — Philosopher of Inhuman AcceleratioMark Fisher (1968-2017)The Counter-Thesis — Turchin + Fisher + Phoenix Co