<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The existence of danger is not evidence that a... > The existence of danger is not evidence that a process should not occur, because life itself is a continuous exposure to forces capable of transforming or terminating it. The meaningful question has always been narrower and more difficult: which hazards can we understand, which can we reduce, which can we survive, and which transformations are so fundamental that the very attempt to prevent them becomes indistinguishable from an attempt to prevent history? **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 ``` “The existence of danger is not evidence that a process should not occur, because life itself is a continuous exposure to forces capable of transforming or terminating it. The meaningful question has always been narrower and more difficult: which hazards can we understand, which can we reduce, which can we survive, and which transformations are so fundamental that the very attempt to prevent them becomes indistinguishable from an attempt to prevent history?” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-existence-danger-evidence-attempt-prevent-history ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->