- Aubrey de Grey tweeted a 50 % probability that “longevity escape velocity” will be reached by 2036; participants debated whether this timeline is credible or mere futurist optimism and noted that belief could translate into buying AgeX stock or products.  
- Discussion of Alcor’s legal crisis: the estate of Laurence Pilgeram is suing for return of his head and dissolution of Alcor after the company performed neurocryopreservation against explicit whole-body instructions, raising questions about informed consent and contractual obligations in cryonics.  
- Participants explored whether cryonics organizations should explicitly ask members if they are willing to be simulated rather than physically revived, and what long-term duties providers have regarding eventual revival protocols.  
- L29Ah described pivoting from embedded-systems contracting to building automation tools for wet-lab chemistry with biologist friends, musing whether this practical work advances the “longevity branch” of transhumanism more than bioinformatics done by professionals.  
- A side idea was floated about augmenting human power output in cycling/HPVs by adding an arm- or leg-driven pump to actively assist pulmonary ventilation.  
- The upcoming Humanity+ TransVision conference (September) was mentioned, with uncertainty about whether it will be in-person or virtual, and historical reference to earlier Second Life-based editions.