<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # 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]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “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 ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->