<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # The mature response to powerful technology is not... > The mature response to powerful technology is not worship and it is not panic. It is to become better engineers than the danger is dangerous. Civilization did not survive by refusing power; it survived by repeatedly learning to contain, distribute, understand, and improve it. **Source:** [[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]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/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]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “The mature response to powerful technology is not worship and it is not panic. It is to become better engineers than the danger is dangerous. Civilization did not survive by refusing power; it survived by repeatedly learning to contain, distribute, understand, and improve it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-mature-response-powerful-distribute-understand-improve ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->