• AlphaGo vs. Lee Sedol: Channel members followed the historic Go match in real time, noting that Lee Sedol’s victory in game 4 (and the choice to play black in game 5) tempered fears of imminent AI takeover and sparked discussion on whether human players should prioritize learning new strategies over “saving face.”  
• Open-access science debate: A New York Times op-ed “Should All Research Papers Be Free?” (and its Hacker News thread) were circulated, reinforcing the channel’s long-standing support for abolishing paywalls and sharing paywalled literature freely.  
• Sleep-typing experiment: Reference was made to prior logs (2015-10-28) documenting successful typing while asleep, with follow-up questions about signal-to-noise ratio and continued practice.  
• Planetary-scale engineering skepticism: Discussion of qntm.org’s essay “Destruction of the Earth” led to the claim that destroying a planet is still beyond current technology, countered by the argument that maintaining civilizations at the bottom of gravity wells is inefficient and that large-scale re-location or reboot scenarios should be considered.  
• Microgravity manufacturing unknowns: A participant asked whether all critical biological and industrial processes have been proven to function properly in microgravity—highlighting a knowledge gap for space-based transhumanist projects.  
• Transhumanist community fragmentation: Concerns were voiced about a self-proclaimed “loremaster” gate-keeping edits to the Wikipedia “transhumanism” article, illustrating ongoing tensions over narrative control within the movement.  
• Slack-based transhumanist meetup: A Google+ post (https://plus.google.com/+DavidWood_dw2/posts/ar25ZnFn25r) announced a real-time discussion on Slack; some members dismissed it as a potential “honeypot” for less productive conversation, underscoring differing views on community focus.