- The channel linked to the new “Spirit of Asilomar” initiative (https://www.spiritofasilomar.org/home), a self-described “bio-governance” effort that participants view as another attempt by “vetocrats” to centralize oversight of biotechnology without accountability for the resulting slowdowns or losses.  
- Participants framed the document as a contemporary echo of the original 1975 Asilomar conference, but criticized it for recommending that regulatory power be given to unaccountable veto-holders rather than to transparent, open-science communities.