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The second Oakeshott Lecture of 2025 – with perennially viral tech philosopher Curtis Yarvin and eminent historian David Starkey
From San Francisco via Dimes Square, the Oakeshott Lectures bring Curtis Yarvin to Oxford for the second installment of 2025’s series.
A former software developer, Curtis Yarvin came to international prominence under the pen-name Mencius Moldbug as a critic of contemporary democracy. An avid promoter of technocracy, Yarvin has become an influential figure on the American right – a reliably controversial voice and a confidante of JD Vance and Peter Thiel.
Following his lecture, Yarvin will debate the legendary British historian David Starkey on history and the future of conservatism.
