&gt; Can you elaborate on what do you think would be the great step forward?<p>As someone with little knowledge of the field or the science involved, my ideas are largely borrowed from others much smarter than myself. Steve Jurvetson, a VC from DFJ who regularly talks about this field, engineering solutions through evolution, and Gordon Moore. Craig Venter was a fundamental force in sequencing the entire human genome this research made companies like Anne Wojcicki&#x27;s 23AndMe possible. They are the people who will likely provide the true merit of this endeavor.<p>My thoughts:<p>* Early diagnosis. This is one of the most obvious ones. With companies like theranos providing quick testing equiptment and the price of sequencing plummeting, having gentic evidence to compare for risk factors and real-time blood tests, the ability to diagnose things early would be amazing.<p>* Cures. Broadly, the ability to read, write and interpret genetic sequences would allow for personalized medicine and curing genetic illnesses one was predisposed to.<p>* Adaptation. If we were able to have access to a dataset so massive, we were able to uderstand and curate genes. Outside of basic gene therapy and medacine we could actively enhance humans. This could possibly provide electronic interface with our own wetware, the extension of life, or otherwise change aspects of the human condition that were not desirable.<p>* Creation. This is controversial, so I will leave it there.<p>There are so many ways even with current technology that would provide positive things if we had this data and the tools to analyze it. I am excited for this. Similar to AI which will bifurcate between extinction or utopia, this has quite a large upside but also some substantial negatives.