# Sequence the Genomes of Every Species on Earth by Freeman Dyson > “Meanwhile, a new century has begun. It is time for you to launch a bold new initiative in biology, a planetary genome project to sequence the genomes of all the millions of species that live together on this planet. This will require first of all an aggressive development of new sequencing technology, comparable to the development of computer technology during the last half century, so that the cost of sequencing will continue to fall as rapidly as the cost of computing.” > **— Freeman Dyson**, *2003 Edge Annual Question, response passage* ## Sources and Context - **Original Edge response:** [retired professor of physics — Freeman Dyson](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10883) — a verbatim passage from Freeman Dyson's 2003 Annual Question response, expressing the author's position at the time. The linked response supplies its surrounding context. - **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2003 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2003 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2003-075). ## 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/Comparative Genomics|Comparative Genomics]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Meanwhile, a new century has begun. It is time for you to launch a bold new initiative in biology, a planetary genome project to sequence the genomes of all the millions of species that live together on this planet. This will require first of all an aggressive development of new sequencing technology, comparable to the development of computer technology during the last half century, so that the cost of sequencing will continue to fall as rapidly as the cost of computing.” — Freeman Dyson, 2003 Edge Annual Question https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-freeman-dyson-sequence-genomes-every-species-earth ```