R.U. Sirius

RU Sirius is a writer, musician, and counterculture pioneer who co-founded Mondo 2000, the 1980s-1990s magazine that shaped cyberpunk and tech optimism. A left-libertarian influenced by transhumanists Timothy Leary and Robert Anton Wilson, he's explored technology's liberating potential for decades. Based in San Francisco, RU writes for Mindplex.ai on AI and creativity, performs as The Smarter Kings of Delirium, and is co-authoring a Mondo 2000 history with Shera Chess for Strange Attractor Press.