<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # We spent centuries desperately trying to... > We spent centuries desperately trying to understand the human genome, and the moment we became capable of changing some of it, people decided understanding was noble but intervention was sinister. What exactly did you think all that sequencing was for—a coffee-table book? The destination of biological knowledge is biological agency. Once humanity learns how disease is written, eventually humanity is going to learn how to rewrite it. **Source:** [[articles/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism, Anti-Science Panic, those Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We spent centuries desperately trying to understand the human genome, and the moment we became capable of changing some of it, people decided understanding was noble but intervention was sinister. What exactly did you think all that sequencing was for—a coffee-table book? The destination of biological knowledge is biological agency. Once humanity learns how disease is written, eventually humanity is going to learn how to rewrite it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-spent-centuries-desperately-going-learn-rewrite ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->