What I saw on the web on 2024.π

1. Behold the Folded Circle Snack Discovery
   by Vi Hart
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2a9YgCCQYVI
   tasty celebrations of ½τ!
   via rss
   
   
2. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MAGICAL NEGROES - Official Trailer
   by Focus Features
   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gizIbhk5Eu4
   this could be fun. although i have a bit of an allergy to romcoms....
   via boing
   
   
3. Is Modern Mass Media A Mind Prison?
   by Jason Pargin
   https://jasonpargin.substack.com/p/is-modern-mass-media-a-mind-prison
   "The system wants you to equate tedious work with neutered slavery and to equate liberation with sexy drama because it knows the opposite is true, that if you restrict yourself to flashy and dramatic solutions, you will be exactly as useful to the status quo as any other sedentary daydreamer. There is a reason the system has no problem feeding you a steady stream of fantasies about violently overthrowing it."
   via discord
   
   
4. Conscious AI Is the Second-Scariest Kind
   by Peter Watts
   https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/03/ai-consciousness-science-fiction/677659/?gift=b1NRd76gsoYc6famf9q-8kj6fpF7gj7gmqzVaJn8rdg&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
   some more cheer from the good doctor regarding the nature of consciousness
   via his latest blogpost