<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Reality is not punitive. The bridge does not hate... > Reality is not punitive. The bridge does not hate the person who ignores its load limit, gravity does not persecute the person who jumps, and disease does not cancel the person who refuses treatment. Consequences do not require malice. **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 ``` “Reality is not punitive. The bridge does not hate the person who ignores its load limit, gravity does not persecute the person who jumps, and disease does not cancel the person who refuses treatment. Consequences do not require malice.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-reality-punitive-bridge-consequences-require-malice ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->