“You have four months to make it,” one YouTube video cries. “You have two years to start a podcast,” another Twitter user screams into the desperate void for ragebait and engagement. The year 2027 seems to be a popular timeframe for when the “permanent underclass” settles in for eternity. That is, if Leopold Aschenbrenner and his findings in the paper on Situational Awareness come true. What they have almost entirely neglected to consider is any actual “awareness” of what’s happening outside ...

“You have four months to make it,” one YouTube video cries. “You have two years to start a podcast,” another Twitter user screams into the desperate void for ragebait and engagement. The year 2027 seems to be a popular timeframe for when the “permanent underclass” settles in for eternity. That is, if Leopold Aschenbrenner and his findings in the paper on Situational Awareness come true. What they have almost entirely neglected to consider is any actual “awareness” of what’s happening outside ...