# More Time Lies Ahead Than Has Ever Passed by Martin Rees > “We need to extend our time-horizons. Especially, we need deeper and wider awareness that far more time lies ahead than has elapsed up till now.” > **— Martin Rees**, *Deep Time And The Far Future, Edge, 2011* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Deep Time And The Far Future](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11889) — 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/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Cannot Un-Strike the Match|We Cannot Un-Strike the Match]] - **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]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Deep Time|Deep Time]] - [[wiki/Cosmic Future|Cosmic Future]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “We need to extend our time-horizons. Especially, we need deeper and wider awareness that far more time lies ahead than has elapsed up till now.” — Martin Rees, Deep Time And The Far Future, Edge, 2011 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-more-time-lies-ahead-has ```