Reza Negarestani is a philosopher and writer. He has taught and lectured at numerous international universities and institutes. He is the author of Cyclonopedia: Complicity with Anonymous Materials (2008), Intelligence and Spirit (2018), Chronosis (with Keith Tilford, 2021), and the forthcoming Abducting the Outside: Collected Writings 2003–2018 (Urbanomic/Sequence/MIT Press). He currently directs the Critical Philosophy program at The New Centre for Research & Practice.