"What does the decline in homicide rates look like?" (August 6, 2009).
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Today's American has no idea what it feels like to live in an atmosphere of genuine public safety and order.

— Curtis Yarvin

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Today's American has no idea what it feels like to live in an atmosphere of genuine public safety and order." in the context of ""What does the decline in homicide rates look like?" (August 6, 2009)." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Curtis Yarvin

About Curtis Yarvin

Curtis Yarvin (born June 25, 1973), also known under his pen name Mencius Moldbug, is an American computer scientist and quintessential political theorist of the neoreactionary movement. He is also creator of the Urbit computing platform and, currently, authors primarily the Gray Mirror blog.