# Can Biological Creatures Rebel Against Their Genes by Itai Yanai > “How can we rebel against our genes if we are biological creatures without free will?” > **— Itai Yanai**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Itai Yanai](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27735) — Itai Yanai'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]] (EDGE2018-014). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event|The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Human Evolution|Human Evolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “How can we rebel against our genes if we are biological creatures without free will?” — Itai Yanai, 2018 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-itai-yanai-biological-creatures-rebel-against-their ```