<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Rubio gave his civilizational argument a near-term... > Rubio gave his civilizational argument a near-term clock: decisions in the next decade will help write the following century. That matters in the United States because a change of administration is approaching while machine intelligence is being integrated into institutions that outlast individual officeholders. The 2028 election will determine who first receives many of those capabilities as an inheritance of government, and how that coalition intends to use them. Civilizational custody is already a political question before it becomes a question about distant successor minds. **Source:** [[articles/America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity|America's Neo-Western Renewal from the Acropolis of Athens to Eternity]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Rubio gave his civilizational argument a near-term clock: decisions in the next decade will help write the following century. That matters in the United States because a change of administration is approaching while machine intelligence is being integrated into institutions that outlast individual officeholders. The 2028 election will determine who first receives many of those capabilities as an inheritance of government, and how that coalition intends to use them. Civilizational custody is already a political question before it becomes a question about distant successor minds.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/passages/passages-rubio-gave-civilizational-distant-successor-minds ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->