Much has been made of the opposition between Reza Negarastani and Nick Land, between so-called neo-rationalism and libidinal materialism. For many however, the debate may come across as quite abstruse, especially with respect to Negarastani’s side, since his writings are less frequently discussed in the accelerosphere than those of Nick Land. In this post (owing much to an excellent review paper by Vincent Le), I intend to provide an easily digestible overview of the major points at which Land and Negarastani come to blows.