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# 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]]
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“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
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