That's nice of him

I rather like the traditional (Shakespearean) format sonnet.

Here's a triple sonnet:-

THE WORD
" in the beginning there was the word - and the word was writ in DNA".

Before the spoken words of man were writ
The elders were the keepers of the word
And when a night time fire was fully lit
Youth gathered where the elders could be heard.
Each generation added to the flow
Of knowledge and the wisdom pool of man,
Such that their children's children would all know:
Thus passed our ancient knowledge down each clan.
And when two clans might meet in some great pact
Their knowledge intermingled, and this lore
Was added to the mix of myth and fact
Which spread from mountain top to distant shore.
And even once men symbolised the word,
By those who could not read, were elders heard.

Man's knowledge grew so slowly in times past
That one wise man the sum of all might know
And libraries which ancients thought were vast
Were petty to what latter men would stow.
The pious monk within his monastery
By candlelight would toil for hours long
To duplicate man's words with artistry
Disseminating them to holy throng.
Great scholars would this ancient wisdom scan
To seek out truths within philosophy
To tell how nature's ways affected man;
Risk castigation should they disagree.
For knowledge was the fief of church or state
And coloured by the dogma of the great.

Then printing presses killed monopoly
Great floods of ancient puzzles were all solved
Great men of science rolled back mystery
As physics, maths and chemistry evolved.
For human knowledge builds upon itself
And spreads like branches of a mighty tree
Each sprouting further branches. As the wealth
Of knowledge grows the faster it will be.
Each era in man's tale accelerates
Now books are left behind as being slow
The internet spreads fast, disseminates
The knowledge which all started long ago.
Till new creators will appear some day
Who, "in their image", word in DNA.

Man's machines can already build bacteria from scratch. How long before they can build simple, one celled organisms?"

Oh please let us hope he doesn't run out. Very cool.