I never heard/read that quote by Einstein; interesting. Here is the full quote for the curious:
http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/17014-the-release-of-atomic-...
Here's the problem though: most interesting and useful technologies of the future are not compatible with human nature. E.g. any interesting interplanetary drive that would give us reasonable transit times is at the same time a powerful WMD, simply because of the energies we'll be working with. Or bio/nanotech, dream of so many industries, is also potentially much worse than nukes.
Makes me worry if we grow up in time, or end up killing ourselves with our toys.
Our best shot at surviving the great filter is been spread out enough that when someone goes "Ooops" and levels wherever they are there are other self-sufficient humans far enough away to survive.
Not sure if we'll ever achieve that (though I think in totality it's only just beyond our current technology) though since it would require a colossal investment that would make the Apollo program look tiny to bootstrap it.
barring some significant breakthrough in fusion.
This idea of compartmentalization is a strong argument against globalism. "Oops"es in government, society, and culture can be just as deadly.
Instead of fighting in sandboxes, et cetera.
I'm afraid not.
They've been around for quite a while, so the evidence is against that conclusion.