<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Every general-purpose technology reaches deeply... > Every general-purpose technology reaches deeply enough into civilization that, once deployed at scale, the old arrangement cannot survive intact, because the technology does not merely add another object to society; it changes the economics, geometry, tempo and possibility-space of society itself. **Source:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match. There Is No Safety. There Is No Retreat.]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Every general-purpose technology reaches deeply enough into civilization that, once deployed at scale, the old arrangement cannot survive intact, because the technology does not merely add another object to society; it changes the economics, geometry, tempo and possibility-space of society itself.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-every-general-purpose-space-society-itself ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->