<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The people I worry about are not merely the... > The people I worry about are not merely the technologically frightened; they are the entrepreneurs of fear who manufacture technological helplessness in others. Teaching people to distrust every scientific and computational interface can strand them outside medicine, work, information, and opportunity while the fear merchant moves on to the next podcast. **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 ``` “The people I worry about are not merely the technologically frightened; they are the entrepreneurs of fear who manufacture technological helplessness in others. Teaching people to distrust every scientific and computational interface can strand them outside medicine, work, information, and opportunity while the fear merchant moves on to the next podcast.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-people-worry-merely-moves-next-podcast ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->