<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The ugliest part of the coming digital divide is... > The ugliest part of the coming digital divide is that many of the people who fall through it will not be stupid, malicious, or deserving of what happens to them; they will be victims who were frightened into maladaptation. **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 ``` “The ugliest part of the coming digital divide is that many of the people who fall through it will not be stupid, malicious, or deserving of what happens to them; they will be victims who were frightened into maladaptation.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-ugliest-part-coming-who-frightened-maladaptation ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->