# Civilizations Reveal Their Beliefs in Budgets Long Before They Reveal Them in Speeches by Bryant McGill > “The Manhattan Project concentrated extraordinary resources because governments believed the outcome could reorder civilization. Look at the capital, energy, land, chips, laboratories, and geopolitical urgency now converging on AI and tell me this is merely another software cycle. Civilizations reveal their beliefs in budgets long before they reveal them in speeches.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026* ## Sources and Context - **Author-supplied exact original:** “The Manhattan Project concentrated extraordinary resources because governments believed the outcome could reorder civilization. Look at the capital, energy, land, chips, laboratories, and geopolitical urgency now converging on AI and tell me this is merely another software cycle. Civilizations reveal their beliefs in budgets long before they reveal them in speeches.” — supplied directly by Bryant McGill for [[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]]. - **Source article:** [[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]] — Bryant McGill identifies this article as the originating publication for this Reminder. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[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]] - **Article:** [[articles/STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger|STFU About AI and Water and Just Eat Your Burger]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers|AI-Science Doomers and Anti-Science Doomers]] - [[wiki/Artificial Intelligence|Artificial Intelligence]] - [[wiki/AI Safety|AI Safety]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The Manhattan Project concentrated extraordinary resources because governments believed the outcome could reorder civilization. Look at the capital, energy, land, chips, laboratories, and geopolitical urgency now converging on AI and tell me this is merely another software cycle. Civilizations reveal their beliefs in budgets long before they reveal them in speeches.” — Bryant McGill, The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile, September 2026 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bryant-mcgill-civilizations-reveal-their-beliefs-in-budgets-long-before-they ```