# One Species Now Holds the Planet’s Future by Martin Rees > “This is the first century in those 45 million where one species—one dominant species, namely us—can control the planet’s future.” > **— Martin Rees**, *2017, Academy of Achievement interview* ## Sources and Context - **Direct source and editorial record:** [2017, Academy of Achievement interview](https://achievement.org/achiever/lord-martin-rees/) — The Academy transcript supplies this exact formulation and its deep-time comparison. ## 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/Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession|Christopher Nolan's Odyssey at the Threshold of Machine Succession]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Anthropocene|Anthropocene]] - [[wiki/Planetary Stewardship|Planetary Stewardship]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “This is the first century in those 45 million where one species—one dominant species, namely us—can control the planet’s future.” — Martin Rees, 2017, Academy of Achievement interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-martin-rees-one-species-holds-planets ```