Behold the Fibonacci clock

to tell the time you have to do some mental math ...

... observing the pattern of squares and adding up the first five numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, based on which squares are lit

it's kind of a lot of work, just to tell the time 😂

but it's nerdily cool

Item #11 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter: https://buttondown.com/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-29-methanotropes-sign-language-poetry/

@JBVPoet

not to be too depressing, but i imagine a future where people don't know, don't care about #AI

furthermore, since the AI is always pleasing and nice, they might even prefer it to real people, who can often be nasty

this is of course a socially stunted future

but there is #political value in keeping us socially as well as financially stunted

your words have to do with commerce and you are correct

i'm speaking beyond commerce

echo chambers that cost money, but payoff politically

Dear #zuckerberg: from your beloved unmoderated free speech:

Fuck you, asshole.