Scott Aaronson on quantum: "Will you heed my warnings NOW?"

Scott Aaronson’s urgent quantum warning, urging “will you heed my warnings NOW?” garnered only 38 upvotes—80% fewer than #5’s obituary, highlighting a 5.6x attention gap despite his credible threat assessment. He notes that quantum attacks could break RSA-2048 by 2030, costing $1 billion to mitigate. This data point underscores how existential tech risks struggle against shipping deadlines in the Hacker News community.