# There Is No Off Switch for a Planetary Technological Transition by Bryant McGill > “There is a peculiar arrogance in imagining that a civilization mobilizing trillions of dollars of computation is waiting for permission from people posting skull emojis about AI extinction. America is building. China is building. Europe, India, the Gulf states, laboratories, militaries, universities, and corporations are building. There is no off switch for a planetary technological transition. Shut the fuck up and learn what century you are in.” > **— 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:** “There is a peculiar arrogance in imagining that a civilization mobilizing trillions of dollars of computation is waiting for permission from people posting skull emojis about AI extinction. America is building. China is building. Europe, India, the Gulf states, laboratories, militaries, universities, and corporations are building. There is no off switch for a planetary technological transition. Shut the fuck up and learn what century you are in.” — 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 ``` “There is a peculiar arrogance in imagining that a civilization mobilizing trillions of dollars of computation is waiting for permission from people posting skull emojis about AI extinction. America is building. China is building. Europe, India, the Gulf states, laboratories, militaries, universities, and corporations are building. There is no off switch for a planetary technological transition. Shut the fuck up and learn what century you are in.” — 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-there-is-no-off-switch-for-a-planetary-technological ```