# Biotechnology Could Phase Out Suffering by David Pearce > “Civilisation will be based on gradients of intelligent bliss. So let’s shut the death factories, re-engineer the genome, and use biotech to phase out suffering.” > **— David Pearce**, *Sentience Research interview* ## Sources and Context - **Interview transcript:** [“The imperative to abolish suffering,” *Sentience Research*](https://sentience-research.org/the-imperative-to-abolish-suffering-an-interview-with-david-pearce/). Pearce gives this as his own summation of a proposed future; “death factories” concerns animal agriculture. Elsewhere in the same interview he expressly rejects conventional digital whole-brain emulation, so his case for biotechnology must not be converted into support for digital mind uploading. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Walking the Beautiful Path Through the Greatest Transformation in Human History|Walking the Beautiful Path Through the Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Posthumanism|Posthumanism]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/David Pearce|David Pearce]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Civilisation will be based on gradients of intelligent bliss. So let’s shut the death factories, re-engineer the genome, and use biotech to phase out suffering.” — David Pearce, Sentience Research interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-pearce-biotech-phase-out-suffering ```