Before I get to comments on the meta information of this article - I'll just point out that the article is complete hyperbole, CRISPR is being used in the clini

Before I get to comments on the meta information of this article - I'll just point out that the article is complete hyperbole, CRISPR is being used in the clinic, thats not the only metric by which to declare "crispr is dead" anyway, and that the article makes some fundamental errors in the use cases for CRISPR (the 1% number cited used to be accurate for one subtype of crispr editing, has been superceded, and is not the type of edit that has its main clinical use today anyway). Theres a fundamental misunderstanding of the value of CRISPR that would take another article to correct. This is one of those posts thats unfortunately inseparable from who its coming from. For those not aware, Josiah Zayner is, to put it mildly, a controversial figure. He's best known for injecting himself with CRISPR. I find it interesting that he now claims he knew about CRISPR being hype from the beginning considering how much money he made off if it in the meantime. There's this idea that the word "biohacker" describes people who are more style than substance, which is unfair, but also not unwarranted given the examples the public often sees.