# Will Another Culture Follow the Third Culture by Howard Gardner > “Will the "third culture" be followed by a fourth culture, a fifth culture, and, ominously, a Final Culture?” > **— Howard Gardner**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and locator:** [The Last Question — Howard Gardner](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27458) — single question in the 2018 Annual Question response. - **Exact original excerpt:** “Will the "third culture" be followed by a fourth culture, a fifth culture, and, ominously, a Final Culture?” - **Context and editing:** This is Howard Gardner's question, not an asserted answer. - **Local Edge archive:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]], response EDGE2018-255. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Greatest Transformation in Human History|The Greatest Transformation in Human History]] - **Article:** [[articles/An Order of Operation|An Order of Operation]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Third Culture|Third Culture]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Third Culture|Third Culture]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Will the "third culture" be followed by a fourth culture, a fifth culture, and, ominously, a Final Culture?” — Howard Gardner, 2018 Edge Annual Question, question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-howard-gardner-another-culture-follow-third-culture ```