The name Curtis Yarvin has been bubbling up in the political press recently, and I've heard it enough to go down that particular rabbit hole recently.  This guy is SCARY.  He's a right wing political "philosopher" who JD Vance namechecked recently, along with Peter Thiel referencing him in the past.  Below are links to 2 episodes of "Behind the Bastards" podcast where they go into the history and influence this guy has.  It's about 3 hours total, but really worth the time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYrPNvVhKLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpEg4LS3CT0

New Republic weighs in:

https://newrepublic.com/article/183971/jd-vance-weird-terrifying-techno-authoritarian-ideas