# Summary of #hplusroadmap IRC Log (December 20, 2013)

• A BBC article about a promising "youth-drug" that demonstrated age reversal effects in animal studies was shared, reflecting the community's ongoing interest in longevity research and interventions.

• Security concerns were highlighted through a Reuters article revealing that RSA accepted $10 million from the NSA to implement the backdoored Dual_EC_DRBG encryption algorithm as their default, raising privacy issues relevant to transhumanists.

• Buckminster Fuller's comprehensive "Everything I Know" lecture series (42 hours of recorded material) was discussed, with participants noting that transcripts are available through the Buckminster Fuller Institute.

• The community showed interest in crowdsourced human computation through discussion of Amazon's Mechanical Turk and the boto Python library for programmatic access to these services.

• Alternative funding and lifestyle arrangements were explored, with participants discussing options for remote workspace/living situations ranging from traditional employment to crowdfunding approaches.

• Computational biology resources like Rosalind.info were mentioned, indicating the group's interest in bioinformatics and the intersection of computing with biological sciences.