> Urbit, afaik, is not tied to Yarvin's political views,
This is incorrect: read the old version of the security chapter, before it was bowdlerised to make the startup look less unviable: http://archive.is/UK8So
> and he takes special care not to bring politics into Urbit talks.
This is because being the founder of neoreaction is now hanging like a radioactive anvil over his startup. (Even though Urbit is basically his "My Favourite Toy Language", and I'm pretty sure nobody would have taken the slightest interest if it was just from that OpenWAP guy rather than that neoreaction guy.)
This is incorrect: read the old version of the security chapter, before it was bowdlerised to make the startup look less unviable: http://archive.is/UK8So
> and he takes special care not to bring politics into Urbit talks.
This is because being the founder of neoreaction is now hanging like a radioactive anvil over his startup. (Even though Urbit is basically his "My Favourite Toy Language", and I'm pretty sure nobody would have taken the slightest interest if it was just from that OpenWAP guy rather than that neoreaction guy.)