<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The entire purpose of civilization is to keep... > The entire purpose of civilization is to keep people from having to personally die in order to rediscover everything humanity already learned the hard way. Science is inherited survival information. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The entire purpose of civilization is to keep people from having to personally die in order to rediscover everything humanity already learned the hard way. Science is inherited survival information.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-entire-purpose-civilization-inherited-survival-information ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->