[jedimastert]

One interesting thought that people I talk to consistently didn't think about (myself included) is that any person who gets their genes edited is faced with an ethical dilemma of whether or not they should procreate, as any changes are then essentially mutations that are permanently introduced to the human genome. Even if the interactions with every other gene are understood, do we know what this will effect in the future? What about every other possible genetic interaction? Evolution?

I don't know if this is examined in the article, I could only read the first few paragraphs.

[mytailorisrich]

This is why the technology will require a strict legal framework.

If someone has their genome edited to remove or fix a defective gene that causes a disease that's probably fine but other things may be banned or maybe allowed on the condition that the person be sterilised or banned from reproducing. All of those possibilities also raise the issue of enforcement, so once the genie is out of the bottle is it inevitable that we become a society of 'mutants' (for lack of a better word)?

[besnn00]

Interesting; never thought of that side of the coin