# No Individual Exists Outside Relational Processes by Stephen R. Kellert > “As Aldo Leopold once suggested, the greatest invention of the 20th century might be the concept of ecology. It reminds us of the illusory nature of the concept of the autonomous, unitary, individual being. We are all — ourselves as persons, the human animal, all species, in all likelihood, the universe — a constant product of relational and transactional processes.” > **— Stephen R. Kellert**, *2000 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [The Concept Of Ecology — Stephen R. Kellert](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/11754) — a verbatim passage from Stephen R. Kellert's 2000 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2000 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2000 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2000-021). ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Edge|Edge]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] - **Article:** [[articles/Who Pays for Your Heaven|Who Pays for Your Heaven]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Relational Personhood|Relational Personhood]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “As Aldo Leopold once suggested, the greatest invention of the 20th century might be the concept of ecology. It reminds us of the illusory nature of the concept of the autonomous, unitary, individual being. We are all — ourselves as persons, the human animal, all species, in all likelihood, the universe — a constant product of relational and transactional processes.” — Stephen R. Kellert, 2000 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-stephen-kellert-no-individual-exists-outside-relational ```