<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Once intelligence itself becomes an engineerable... > Once intelligence itself becomes an engineerable substrate, technological civilization has begun modifying the very faculty responsible for technological civilization. The toolmaker has begun making toolmakers. **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 ``` “Once intelligence itself becomes an engineerable substrate, technological civilization has begun modifying the very faculty responsible for technological civilization. The toolmaker has begun making toolmakers.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-once-intelligence-itself-begun-making-toolmakers ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->