# Every New Thread of Life Depends on Earlier Threads by Scott Sampson > “Life's unfolding is a tapestry in which every new thread is contingent upon the nature, timing, and interweaving of virtually all previous threads.” > **— Scott Sampson**, *2004 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [Sampson's Law of Interdependent Origination — Scott Sampson](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11006) — a verbatim passage from Scott Sampson's 2004 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2004 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2004-081). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] - **Article:** [[articles/Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution|Digital Darwinism and the Invisible World of Machine Evolution]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event|The Synthetic Cambrian Explosion as a Technological Speciation Event]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Coevolution|Coevolution]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Life's unfolding is a tapestry in which every new thread is contingent upon the nature, timing, and interweaving of virtually all previous threads.” — Scott Sampson, 2004 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-scott-sampson-every-new-thread-life-depends ```