Two of the most consequential figures in artificial intelligence — Meta's Mark Zuckerberg and Nvidia's Jensen Huang — have openly rejected calls to slow the pace of AI development, positioning themselves against safety advocates who argue that restraint is a precondition for responsibility. The disagreement is not merely technical; it is a philosophical contest over whether civilization navigates transformative technology best through deliberate pause or through rigorous forward motion. At stake is not only the speed of innovation, but the shape of the institutions and habits of mind that will