# Beyond This Century Lies a Marvelous Evolutionary Future by Martin Rees > “If we can get through this century, then there’s a huge future of far more marvelous evolution beyond.” > **— Martin Rees**, *The Astronomer Royal, Nautilus, 2014* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [The Astronomer Royal](https://nautil.us/the-astronomer-royal-234956) — The linked publication contains the quoted passage and its surrounding argument. - **Master research record:** [[research/Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future|Martin Rees on Machine Succession, Post-Human Intelligence, and the Cosmic Future]] — preserves this object inside the open Martin Rees source dossier. ## 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/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Deep Time|Deep Time]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Cosmic Future|Cosmic Future]] - [[wiki/Existential Risk|Existential Risk]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “If we can get through this century, then there’s a huge future of far more marvelous evolution beyond.” — Martin Rees, The Astronomer Royal, Nautilus, 2014 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-beyond-century-lies-marvelous-evolutionary ```