# Do Microbes Shape Both the Continuity and Change of a Person by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field > “How do our microbes contribute to that particular combination of continuity and change that makes us human?” > **— Elizabeth Wrigley-Field**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Elizabeth Wrigley-Field](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27726) — Elizabeth Wrigley-Field'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]] (EDGE2018-023). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Ecology|Human Ecology]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “How do our microbes contribute to that particular combination of continuity and change that makes us human?” — Elizabeth Wrigley-Field, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-elizabeth-field-microbes-shape-both-continuity-change ```