# Key Points from Transhumanist IRC Discussion

• Kevin Kelly's quote about the moral obligation to increase technology sparked debate on idealism versus naivety in technological development, highlighting tensions within transhumanist philosophy.

• Space exploration and colonization were discussed as potentially critical to transhumanist goals, with resources shared including spacehack.org and a blog post titled "Space Colonization as Savior of Transhumanism."

• DIY science and amateur nuclear fusion projects were highlighted through resources like fusor.net and focusfusion.net, demonstrating the growing democratization of previously institutional scientific domains.

• Nuclear energy was debated as a potentially unlimited resource, with participants noting that uranium from oceans represents a vast supply of fissile material and that uranium in coal ash may contain more energy than the coal itself.

• Open-source technology initiatives were discussed across multiple domains, including nanotechnology (opensourcenano.net), 3D printing (Gada Prize for RepRap development), and education (Free Technology Academy offering academic credits).

• The group explored how technological interconnections accelerate innovation, referencing James Burke's "Connections" series as having "extropian" themes particularly regarding how the internet enables faster invention cycles.