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# When two rival superpowers rebuild their grids...
> When two rival superpowers rebuild their grids around the same machine, the machine has stopped being a gadget and become a geography.
**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]]
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“When two rival superpowers rebuild their grids around the same machine, the machine has stopped being a gadget and become a geography.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-rival-superpowers-rebuild-gadget-become-geography
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