Alan Moore Quotes

Science, as illustrated by the printing press, the telegraph, the railway, is a double-edged sword. At the same moment that it puts an enormous power in the hands of the good man, it also offers an equal advantage to the evil disposed.

Great breakthroughs are always followed by great catastrophes.

The mechanical arts are of ambiguous use, serving as well for hurt as for remedy.

Every great idea exerts, on first appearing, a tyrannical influence: Hence, the advantages it brings are turned all too soon into disadvantages.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

I am one of those who think like Nobel, that humanity will draw more good than evil from new discoveries.

I think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.

But everything you do in life has a downside.

I think we are always right to worry about damaging consequences of new technologies even as we are empowered by them. History suggests we should not panic nor be too sanguine about cool new gizmos. There's a delicate balance.

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff.

If we didn't do the tour, it would have been disastrous.

All great sci-fi is: Be careful what you wish for.

Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects.

Technology is an interesting subject, people thinking: how much good, and how much bad, does it inherently carry?

...A new technology sometimes creates more than it destroys. Sometimes, it destroys more than it creates. But it is never one-sided.

Technologies are never neutral, and some are hurtful.

Political reforms, without exception, have a down side.

If we have learned anything at all in this century, it is that all new technologies will be put to use, sooner or later, for better or worse, as it is in our nature to do.

Technology will move faster than governments, so don't legislate before you understand the consequences.

We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values.

With science, technology and globalization, man is changing the world faster than his evolution can keep up with the new dangers.

Complexity and innovation are not always good things.

Of course you can use the products of science to do bad things, but you can use them to do good things, too.

I do think... gene technology has got real benefits to offer, which will have maybe an occasional downside, but I suspect not very many.

Technology is the devil, and the more technology you have, the higher the price you pay.