# Technological Fear Can Make People Economically Unreachable by Bryant McGill > “When [technologically frightened people] become economically unreachable, medically disconnected, unemployable, institutionally illegible, or socially stranded, that is not some triumphant Darwinian correction; it is a preventable human tragedy produced partly by bad education and partly by people who discovered that fear is easier to sell than competence.” > **— 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:** “When those people become economically unreachable, medically disconnected, unemployable, institutionally illegible, or socially stranded, that is not some triumphant Darwinian correction; it is a preventable human tragedy produced partly by bad education and partly by people who discovered that fear is easier to sell than competence.” — 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. - **Editorial clarification:** Square brackets in the readable Reminder add only the antecedent established by the adjacent author-supplied draft passage; the preceding bullet preserves the exact submitted wording. ## 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/AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor|AI Escape Is the Wrong Metaphor]] - **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 ``` “When [technologically frightened people] become economically unreachable, medically disconnected, unemployable, institutionally illegible, or socially stranded, that is not some triumphant Darwinian correction; it is a preventable human tragedy produced partly by bad education and partly by people who discovered that fear is easier to sell than competence.” — 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-technological-fear-can-make-people-economically-unreachable ```