# Nonbiological Brains May Awaken in Deep Space by Martin Rees > “It’s these space-faring adventurers, not those of us contentedly adapted to life on Earth, who will spearhead the post-human era. It’s perhaps in deep space—not on Earth, or even on Mars—that non-biological ‘brains’ may develop powers that humans can’t even imagine.” > **— Martin Rees**, *Could space-going billionaires be the vanguard of a cosmic revolution?, The Guardian, 2022* ## Sources and Context - **Direct publication and full context:** [Could space-going billionaires be the vanguard of a cosmic revolution?](https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/30/space-billionaires-cosmic-earth-elon-musk-jeff-bezos) — 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/Interstellar Travel|Interstellar Travel]] - [[wiki/Cosmic Future|Cosmic Future]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “It’s these space-faring adventurers, not those of us contentedly adapted to life on Earth, who will spearhead the post-human era. It’s perhaps in deep space—not on Earth, or even on Mars—that non-biological ‘brains’ may develop powers that humans can’t even imagine.” — Martin Rees, Could space-going billionaires be the vanguard of a cosmic revolution?, The Guardian, 2022 https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-nonbiological-brains-awaken-deep-space ```