I agree, i think that the consequences of this tech, combined with advances in genome editing, are insane. My imagination sort of goes wild with this sort of t

I agree, i think that the consequences of this tech, combined with advances in genome editing, are insane. My imagination sort of goes wild with this sort of thing. You could imagine governments or companies creating clonal populations of genetically engineered humans as a captive labor force. Or wealthy individuals creating genetically enhanced "clones" of themselves, many of which would probably be horribly mutated Most of those scenarios will probably not be possible due to regulation, and the more likely near term outcomes are actually very positive: curing monogenic (or potentially even more complex) genetic diseases for one example. I'd expect a lot of VC investment into this area in the next 5 years, and I'd expect to see a lot more articles like this as people try to prepare the public / regulators for this new technology