It's not going to be just humans colonizing space, it's going to be life moving out from the Earth, moving it into its kingdom. And the kingdom of life, of course, is going to be the universe. Freeman Dyson colonizeearthhuman Change image and share on social
It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will be the century of biology. Freeman Dyson acceptbiologycentury Change image and share on social
Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets, by the size of the workforce, or by the output of major discoveries; and biology is likely to remain the biggest part of science through the twenty-first century. Freeman Dyson bigbiologybudget share on social
The question that will decide our destiny is not whether we shall expand into space. It is: shall we be one species or a million? A million species will not exhaust the ecological niches that are awaiting the arrival of intelligence. Freeman Dyson arrivalawaitdecide share on social
The pain of childbirth is not remembered. It's the child that's remembered. Freeman Dyson childchildbirthpain Change image and share on social
There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use. Freeman Dyson buildgoodgreat Change image and share on social
I like people who are working on practical things and who are working in teams. It's not so important to get the glory. It's much more important to get something that works. It's a better way to live. Freeman Dyson gloryimportantlive Change image and share on social
A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible. There are no prima donnas in engineering. Freeman Dyson designdonnaengineer Change image and share on social
The technologies that raise the fewest ethical problems are those that work on a human scale, brightening the lives of individual people. Freeman Dyson brightenethicalfew Change image and share on social
Many of the technologies that are now racing ahead most rapidly, replacing human workers in factories and offices with machines, making stockholders richer and workers poorer, are indeed tending to accentuate the existing inequalities in the distribution of wealth. Freeman Dyson accentuateaheaddistribution share on social
