<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Leaving the network does not make power disappear;... > Leaving the network does not make power disappear; it merely removes your ability to negotiate with it. **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 ``` “Leaving the network does not make power disappear; it merely removes your ability to negotiate with it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-leaving-network-power-removes-ability-negotiate ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->