- Discussion of alternative keyboard layouts and ergonomic concerns: Workman layout (https://workmanlayout.org) and the Open Steno Project (http://www.openstenoproject.org) were shared as resources for reducing typing strain.  
- A participant reported a typing speed of 755 characters per minute on 10fastfingers.com, attributing the skill to “lots of arguing on the internet” rather than deliberate practice.  
- Debate over John von Neumann’s early nuclear policy stance: participants questioned whether he initially advocated a preemptive strike against the USSR before later embracing Mutual Assured Destruction (MAD), citing a critical Stanford article (http://cs.stanford.edu/people/eroberts/courses/soco/projects/1998-99/game-theory/neumann.html).  
- The conversation contrasted von Neumann’s legacy with figures like Claude Shannon and C. A. R. Hoare as exemplars of rationality.  
- A link to Revive & Restore’s Woolly Mammoth Revival Fellowship funding opportunity was posted (https://reviverestore.org/funding-opportunities/woolly-mammoth-revival-fellowship/).