- The channel argued that rationalist fiction like HPMOR and LessWrong may recruit new transhumanists but diverts them into “FAI philosophy problems” rather than the money, time, and hands-on lab work actually needed for progress.  
- A WebGL mechanical-clock simulator (https://nikital.github.io/clock/) and MIT’s industrial-machining playlist (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0EB93E6E02E5CF17) were shared as high-quality resources for learning precision fabrication, while a classic gear-cutting video series was critiqued for omitting modern CNC and hobbing techniques.  
- Recent breakthroughs circulated: the first total chemical synthesis of glucosepane cross-links (Science 350:294), intravenous glyburide cutting major-stroke mortality by 60 %, and escalating political turmoil inside the €1 B Human Brain Project.  
- DIY anti-aging experimentation was debated—participants weighed crowdfunding small clinical trials for nervonic acid, dissected Liz Parrish’s follistatin/telomerase self-gene-therapy, and noted that bodybuilders already risk SARMs and GW501516 while viral-vector treatments remain prohibitively expensive and legally perilous.  
- Practical biohacker infrastructure links included an updated global biology-hackerspace spreadsheet and Parsemus Foundation’s Vasalgel, a reversible polymer male contraceptive now in advanced trials in India.  
- A PBS documentary, “The Spirit of Tek,” was praised for showing how four engineers founded Tektronix in 1945 and seeded Oregon’s open, hardware-centric innovation culture, reinforcing the channel’s belief that engineer-driven startups—not abstract theorizing—move transhumanist tech forward.