<!-- 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/AI-Tech Doomerism and Anti-Science Panic|AI-Tech Doomerism, Anti-Science Panic, those 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 -->