Techno-criticism

Watched most of Steamboy [W'pedia] last night, a fun film about the dangers of technological development motivated by greed rather than desire to help humanity. Naturally, this morality is a bit simplistic, but here's my favorite (translated subtitle) line in the movie so far:

An invention with no philosophy behind it is a curse. ~Dr. Lloyd Steam

I wonder if this applies to happy little accidental inventions?