We had the ability to do what crispr did already, it just simplified the lab work. See TALEN and zinc finger nucleases.

Probably not "the greatest day", but definitely a very very good day.

I think it's too easy to imagine Orwellian scenarios, but I think the real worries are much more subtle than people usually think, and they usually have more to do with how the world already works than with how it could change.

probably great for humanity 2.0

amazing and scary stuff

Like nuclear