# We Will Control the Evolution of Our Species by Lee Silver > "But we're going to control our evolution. Not nature. Not the environment. We are going to control the evolution of our species." > **— Lee Silver**, *PBS FRONTLINE, “Making Babies” interview* ## Sources and Context - **Original source:** [PBS FRONTLINE, Lee Silver interview for “Making Babies”](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fertility/interviews/silver.html). The interview transcript has this wording in its discussion of reproductive technologies. Silver also calls the transition exciting and frightening, raises unequal access, and emphasizes that genes change probabilities rather than guarantee a child's traits. The quotation is his forecast, not a report that total control of human evolution has been achieved. The [broadcast transcript](https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fertility/etc/script.html) edits his spoken remarks differently; this Reminder follows the interview transcript. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Simple Reminders|Simple Reminders]] - **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]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Self-Directed Evolution|Self-Directed Evolution]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Lee Silver|Lee Silver]] - [[wiki/Self-Directed Evolution|Self-Directed Evolution]] - [[wiki/Embryo Selection|Embryo Selection]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "But we're going to control our evolution. Not nature. Not the environment. We are going to control the evolution of our species." — Lee Silver, PBS FRONTLINE, “Making Babies” interview https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-silver-control-evolution ```