# Key Points from #hplusroadmap IRC Log

• A discussion on DNA information storage noted that dehydrated DNA can theoretically store more than 10^21 bits per gram, though questions were raised about the energy costs of organizing DNA to encode specific information.

• An article on molecular computation was shared (http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/296/5567/478.pdf) with relevant statistics for a DNA storage proposal documented at http://wiki.seedea.org/Oimp/MetaDNA.

• A participant mentioned being contacted by a U.S. intelligence/security agency for consultation, indicating potential government interest in transhumanist or advanced technology discussions.

• A tool called Txt2regex was shared (http://aurelio.net/soft/txt2regex/), which converts human language descriptions into regular expressions, demonstrating interest in natural language processing tools.

• A philosophical discussion emerged about corporations as distributed intelligences or profit-maximizing algorithms, with specific reference to Toyota's knowledge-sharing practice (referred to as "kotosan-kotosen") as an example of "horizontal meme transfer" similar to open source principles.

• Jaron Lanier's "Half a Manifesto" was mentioned as an interesting read, with references to his connections to Stewart Brand and the Global Business Network.