# The Biosphere Doesn't Belong to Us by E. O. Wilson > "The biosphere doesn't belong to us; we belong to it." > **— E. O. Wilson**, *Conservation writings, attribution candidate* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: Conservation writings, attribution candidate. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/MARS|MARS]] - **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/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Civilizational Handoff|Civilizational Handoff]] - [[wiki/Civilizational Continuity Circuit|Civilizational Continuity Circuit]] - [[wiki/Machine Civilization|Machine Civilization]] - [[wiki/Marsification|Marsification]] - [[wiki/Synthetic Civilizational Substrate|Synthetic Civilizational Substrate]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The biosphere doesn't belong to us; we belong to it." — E. O. Wilson, Conservation writings, attribution candidate https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-eo-wilson-biosphere-doesn-t-belong ```