# Can a Powerful Species Survive Its Most Extreme Members by Bruce Schneier > “Can an increasingly powerful species survive (and overcome) the actions of its most extreme individuals?” > **— Bruce Schneier**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Bruce Schneier](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27492) — Bruce Schneier's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-230). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Last Migration Will Not Be Human|The Last Migration Will Not Be Human]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Species-Level Maturation|Species-Level Maturation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Can an increasingly powerful species survive (and overcome) the actions of its most extreme individuals?” — Bruce Schneier, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-bruce-schneier-powerful-species-survive-its-most ```