<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A somatic edit is a repair to one life; a germline... > A somatic edit is a repair to one life; a germline edit is a message to every descendant, and a civilization that cannot tell a repair from a message has forfeited its seat at the table. **Source:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism, Anti-Science Panic, those Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A somatic edit is a repair to one life; a germline edit is a message to every descendant, and a civilization that cannot tell a repair from a message has forfeited its seat at the table.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-somatic-edit-repair-forfeited-seat-table ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->