Small correction, the level which goes insane or dies is the second level down, out of four total; 100 years rather than 1000. Though it is roughly 3x the 10,000 day mark would equal, though. The weaponized use of Penrose Quantum Mind is devised by the top level, who are seen only once per 1000 years. (As it is written: SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale. Even the particularly clever ones who play around with big ideas and write extremely ingroup-y doorstoppers.)
Small correction, the level which goes insane or dies is the second level down, out of four total; 100 years rather than 1000. Though it is roughly 3x the 10,000 day mark would equal, though. The weaponized use of Penrose Quantum Mind is devised by the top level, who are seen only once per 1000 years. (As it is written: SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale. Even the particularly clever ones who play around with big ideas and write extremely ingroup-y doorstoppers.)