# Near-Immortal Electronic Posthumans May Take Over by Martin Rees > “Within a few centuries, posthumans, probably electronic, will take over. They’ll be near immortal; they won’t need a planet.” > **— Martin Rees**, *On the future: An interview with Martin Rees, Planetary Ecology, 2019* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [On the future: An interview with Martin Rees](https://blog.planetaryecology.org/2019/08/03/on-the-future-an-interview-with-martin-rees/) — 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/Electronic Intelligence|Electronic Intelligence]] - [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Within a few centuries, posthumans, probably electronic, will take over. They’ll be near immortal; they won’t need a planet.” — Martin Rees, On the future: An interview with Martin Rees, Planetary Ecology, 2019 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-near-immortal-electronic-posthumans-take ```