<!-- 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/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 ``` “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 -->