I am reborn as Sai, but the animation three-body

Chapter 106 Artificial Uterus

"Yes." The leading chairman explained: "Now the birth rate is gradually decreasing, which is not enough for such a huge project."

After hearing this, Say felt a little strange. In the original book, the number of human beings is obviously decreasing. After the era of bunkers, it has fallen below one billion. Why didn't they encounter this problem.

"What do you mean by the need for planetary transformation you mentioned?" Say asked.

"It is to improve the atmosphere and geological environment, such as creating a thin atmosphere for Mercury, etc., so that the environment of these planets is not so harsh." The chairman of the Space Assets Committee explained.

"Earthling those three solid planets?"

In Say's view, terraforming is completely unnecessary, because in the original book, human's later ecological cycle system technology does not need a living world like the earth at all.

For example, in the era of bunkers, humans could build huge colonies of space cities next to the four gaseous planets, without the need for the earth at all.

"There is no need to do that step, and even Mars doesn't need to be transformed at all. The ones that really need to be transformed are Venus and Mercury, because the environments of these two planets are too harsh."

"After the planetary transformation is completed, although human beings will still need protective equipment to operate on the surface of Mercury and Venus, the cost of mineral resource development will be greatly reduced."

"And if the transformation of these two planets is successful, we can greatly develop the resources on them and carry out a certain degree of transformation on other solid-state satellites."

"Then to what extent do you mean the transformation? And in what direction do you want to carry out the transformation?" Say said.

"There is no clear indicator yet. The high probability is to reduce the surface temperature of Venus and Mercury. However, it is impossible to carry out this kind of super engineering with the current population."

"Then this is indeed a problem, and we must find a way to solve it." Sai understood why the earth civilization in this world encountered underpopulation.

Because in the later period of the original work, human beings are completely muddling along, and they can spend a day as long as they can. As for the future and the development of civilization, no one cares at all.

Therefore, it is completely unnecessary to develop resources on a large scale, because with the advanced technology and sparse population in the future, as well as the abundant resources of the solar system, only small-scale development is needed to satisfy the earth civilization.

And because this world has not been hit by the big trough, the earth's civilization is still full of vigor, even if the answer is turned, they still have the grand goal of developing the entire solar system.

"That's why we found you. You have been guiding the earth's civilization wisely." The chairman complimented.

"Is it okay to rely on money? For example, subsidy funds." Sai bit the bullet and gave a suggestion. Her main business is economics, and she is not an expert in sociology.

"It's useless. As the level of education and living standards improve, and the social atmosphere gradually turns to openness, the birth rate in developed areas will inevitably decrease."

"All in all, this is not a problem that money can solve. Many developed countries have tried this method, but it really has no effect." An expert said.

"Can the underdeveloped areas contribute something?" Say asked. Anyone with a little international common sense knows that those poor countries often have the highest fertility rates.

For example, Nigeria before the crisis era, and Egypt more than a decade ago, both fell into a population bomb in poverty.

"Because the wealth liquefaction committee you formed has greatly promoted the industrial and educational construction of developing countries. Today, there are no truly underdeveloped areas in the world, but they are rare."

"Moreover, modern industry has high requirements for academic qualifications. The garbage without academic qualifications in those underdeveloped areas cannot engage in industrial production at all, and their contribution to the construction of the economic circle around the solar system is infinitely close to zero."

"What about the artificial womb?" Say asked again. This technology is quite famous, although its technical difficulty is even greater than that of controllable nuclear fusion.

But the impact was unimaginable, and she had heard the details of the technology because a feminist leader had visited her earlier.

The other party may think that Say is the most powerful female figure in the world, so they want her to publish the technology on the research of artificial uterus.

Because if this technology can be born, men and women can be said to be truly equal.Men don't need to have children, women don't need to have children
"This technology is not very mature, and it will take more than ten years before it can be gradually commercialized, and ethical issues are even more difficult to deal with," said an expert.

Although the artificial womb sounds good, if it is not used well, it is likely to cause one sex to fall into a lower status, which will lead to social unrest.

"That being the case, we have to prepare for this in advance. Since you mentioned that the space industry needs highly educated people, then by the way, solve these two problems and cultivate enough high-quality people."

"What do you mean?" the chairman and the experts were puzzled.

"Governments of various countries pay for the construction of artificial wombs, and the children born in the artificial wombs are also raised by the governments, making childbirth and raising both public undertakings in society," said Say.

After hearing this, everyone was in an uproar. Although they thought that Say would make a more radical proposal, they did not expect it to be so radical.

"According to this plan, the earth civilization will establish a complete social support system. The next generation of human beings will be produced uniformly from the artificial womb, and the government departments will be responsible for education and training."

"Chairman Say, aren't these children all orphans?" an expert couldn't help asking.

"Actually, it's not as scary as you think. Now with the development of economy and culture, the ancient concept of family is disappearing."

"And when the artificial uterus can be commercialized, the earth civilization may no longer have a family. If there is no family at all, wouldn't orphans be a normal phenomenon?"

This is not unfounded nonsense by Say, but the content that appeared in the original work. At the end of the crisis era, family was an ancient concept.

So since the family no longer exists, it must be normal for children not to need parents, and it is entirely possible to take the opportunity to promote such a society.

"And as you have said, the low-quality garbage population is of no help to the construction of the economic circle around the solar system. If we only rely on artificial wombs to increase the birth rate, it will be useless."

"For example, assuming that each couple has more than ten children, it will be difficult for them to ensure that each child receives at least an undergraduate education, and it is even more impossible to cultivate high-tech talents."

"In this case, although the population has increased, it will be filled with a large number of low-educated people. This is not only unfair to these people, but also not good for the civilization of the earth."

(End of this chapter)