Social unrest unfortunately much closer than we'd like to think

Social unrest unfortunately much closer than we'd like to think | like the unrest is unfortunately much closer than we'd like to think.

like the unrest is unfortunately much closer than we'd like to think.

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  "role": "Guest-Politician",
  "context": "Even recognizing that people are going to slip through the cracks. Like even if we were to do a lot of good things like that there there's I mean this is where Elon's I I predict universal high income and social unrest. It's like the unrest is unfortunately much closer than we'd like to think.",
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  "verbatim": "like the unrest is unfortunately much closer than we'd like to think.",
  "conv_cues": "much closer than we'd like",
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  "timeframe": "Near-term",
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      "kind": "llm_pre_event",
      "label": "London anti-AI march at OpenAI/DeepMind/Meta HQs (largest AI protest to date)",
      "notes": "HIT — February 2026 London march, Pro-Human AI Declaration signed by MAGA, DSA, labor and church coalition.",
      "source": "MIT Technology Review — Resistance: 10 Things That Matter in AI Right Now (April 2026)",
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      "source_url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/21/1135665/resistance-ai-artificial-intelligence-backlash-protests/",
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      "observed_date": "2026-02-15",
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      "label": "Major-tech mass-layoff cluster Q1 2026 (Block 40%, Atlassian 1,600+)",
      "notes": "HIT — Block (40%) + Atlassian (1,600) within weeks of each other, fueling unrest narrative.",
      "source": "MIT Tech Review reporting on Block / Atlassian layoffs",
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      "source_url": "https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/04/21/1135665/resistance-ai-artificial-intelligence-backlash-protests/",
      "expected_date": "2026-02-28",
      "observed_date": "2026-02-28",
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      "label": "US ranks 3rd globally for civil unrest risk; sharpest 12-month protest-size increase",
      "source": "Maplecroft — Escalating unrest, polarisation, economic woes set stage for disruptive 2026",
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      "source_url": "https://www.maplecroft.com/solutions/consulting/political-risk/insights/escalating-unrest-polarisation-economic-woes-set-stage-for-disruptive-2026/",
      "expected_date": "2026-04-01",
      "observed_date": "2026-04-01",
      "research_origin": "deep_research",
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      "label": "Nvidia quadrupled chip production output while only doubling human headcount — achieved by deploying AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code) a",
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      "expected_date": "2026-04-29",
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      "label": "Training runs costing $10 billion for a single model will commence sometime in 2025.",
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