# Humanity Could Take Charge of Its Genetic Program by Max More > "We will no longer be slaves to our genes. We will take charge over our genetic programming and achieve mastery over our biological, and neurological processes. We will fix all individual and species defects left over from evolution by natural selection." > **— Max More**, *A Letter to Mother Nature, 1999 lecture; later revised author republication* ## Sources and Context - **Full source:** [Max More, A Letter to Mother Nature, author’s revised republication](https://maxmore.substack.com/p/letter-to-mother-nature-amendments). Amendment No. 5 makes deliberate biological and neurological change an explicit program. The author notes a later revision; these words follow the cited author-hosted version rather than an independently checked 1999 transcript. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/We Were Never Going to Make It|We Were Never Going to Make It]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Human Engineering|Human Engineering]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/A Letter to Mother Nature|A Letter to Mother Nature]] - [[wiki/Human Engineering|Human Engineering]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We will no longer be slaves to our genes. We will take charge over our genetic programming and achieve mastery over our biological, and neurological processes. We will fix all individual and species defects left over from evolution by natural selection." — Max More, A Letter to Mother Nature, 1999 lecture; later revised author republication https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-more-genetic-program ```