Nick Land is a philosopher best known for his popularization of the term Accelerationism as a critical theory for analyzing the effects of capitalism and technological progress. Land was part of the Cybernetic Culture Research Unit (CCRU), a group that also included Mark Fisher, the author of Capitalist Realism. Nick Land's book Fanged Noumena and his theory of accelerationism became a prominent fixture in niche internet politics and philosophy communities following the year 2018, with various tribes encompassing "left/acc," "right/acc" and "unconditional/acc" exchanging memes on Twitter, Discord and Instagram. Land is also known for his Twitter account @Outsideness.