• Discussion of *The Sovereign Individual* (1997) – participants criticize its weak AI argument that discourages learning to program, noting that if AI arrives, many larger issues will overshadow individual coding skills.  
• Link shared to an Imgur gallery (http://imgur.com/a/eV74v#1) containing screenshots from the cypherpunks mailing list, highlighting surprise that anyone still reads those archives.  
• Mention of TorBroker (http://torbrokerge7zxgq.onion.to/), an onion-addressed securities-trading platform, as an example of crypto-anarchic financial infrastructure.  
• Reference to Seychelles’ new investment law offering diplomatic passports and extradition immunity for $10 million investments, framed as a “Welcome Criminals” act.  
• Announcement of a project that has collected blood samples and created cell lines from >100 centenarians for open-data whole-genome sequencing, plus a Templeton-funded “Validation Protocol” for assessing genome-sequence quality.  
• Stockholm-based Google Group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/stkhmos) promoted for local “open science” enthusiasts.  
• Brief showcase of the iOS app PeopleNotes (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/peoplenotes/id757443912), which auto-generates personalized emails to maintain professional relationships.