# Survival Belongs to What Copies Best by Richard Dawkins > "The replicators that survive are the ones that are good at getting themselves copied." > **— Richard Dawkins**, *The Selfish Gene (1976), compressed candidate wording* Verification Status: Unverified — exact wording/source has not yet been independently confirmed against a primary source; source clue: The Selfish Gene (1976), compressed candidate wording. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/STEVE|STEVE]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Richard Dawkins|Richard Dawkins]] - [[wiki/Major Evolutionary Transitions|Major Evolutionary Transitions]] - [[wiki/Substrate-Independent Evolution|Substrate-Independent Evolution]] - [[wiki/Digital Evolution|Digital Evolution]] - [[wiki/Human Evolution|Human Evolution]] - [[wiki/Technological Evolution|Technological Evolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "The replicators that survive are the ones that are good at getting themselves copied." — Richard Dawkins, The Selfish Gene (1976), compressed candidate wording https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-richard-dawkins-survival-belongs-copies-best ```