# Catastrophe Often Arrives Before We Notice by Carl Sagan > "Catastrophic events have a way of sneaking up on us, of catching us unaware." > **— Carl Sagan**, *Pale Blue Dot (1994), excerpt candidate* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Pale Blue Dot (1994), excerpt candidate. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Carl Sagan|Carl Sagan]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] - [[wiki/State-Dependent Catastrophe|State-Dependent Catastrophe]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] - [[wiki/Alignment Problem|Alignment Problem]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "Catastrophic events have a way of sneaking up on us, of catching us unaware." — Carl Sagan, Pale Blue Dot (1994), excerpt candidate https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-carl-sagan-catastrophe-often-arrives-notice ```