Wandering Spaceship in Deep Space Chapter 209: Ethical Refutation

It's not a social public support system, but its pre-plan-the use of artificial uterus technology to multiply human babies in large quantities to achieve a population growth rate of 5% per year. In fact, many people have been informed of this proposal in advance and discussed for some time, but the various disputes are still very big.

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan restrained everyone and spoke slowly: "Everyone, according to our population report, how many people were born last year? The exact number is 1823, 3.6% of the population. Birth rate. The birth rate is very low, to the point of remarkably low! Indeed, our population structure is still very young, the death rate is zero, coupled with the low quality of life, the objective environment is poor, and it is not a big deal to give birth a few years later."

　　

　　 "But, think about it, everyone, what will happen in fifty years?"

　　

　　"Fifty years later, our average age has risen by fifty years. Everyone in this room is eighty or even ninety years old. How many young people are there? 100,000!"

　　

　　 "Yes, at a growth rate of 3.6%, there will be only 100,000 young people in fifty years! The total population is only 600,000, and it is based on a zero death rate."

　　

　　 "Fifty years!"

　　

　　 There seems to be a sense of crisis, which explodes in many people's hearts.

　　

　　The current development model must be unsustainable.

　　

　　"Your Excellency Zhang Yuan, we can adopt methods of encouraging childbirth instead of radically adopting artificial babies..."

　　

　　The female congressman immediately stood up and said excitedly: "Its impact on our society is too big...too big to imagine! Have you considered the reality?"

　　

　　 "Yes, can't wait a few years, there are more artificial babies than natural people, what's the matter with this?"

　　

　　 "I object!"

　　

　　Various discussions are getting louder and louder, and voices of opposition are endless.

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan raised his hand and suppressed all the voices.

　　

　　 He said loudly: "Seat 145, Senator Qian Lihua, as an electrical engineer, do you discriminate against these babies born from artificial wombs? Or, do you think they are not normal humans? ?"

　　

　　All eyes were swept over, this Mr. Qian looked pale, and quickly said: "There is no discrimination."

　　

　　"Then, if there is no discrimination, there are more artificial babies than natural persons, what's the problem?"

　　

　　"..." This gentleman blushed and turned white. If he was put on the big hat of "discrimination", his political career would come to an end. It took him a long time to speak, "Is there any problem...I don't know."

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan asked another woman who had previously wanted to vote against her, her eyes like a flash of lightning: "Ms. Zhong from the Ministry of Education, if a baby is born without a parent or mother, let you take care of it. You Can he be neither humble nor arrogant, nor arrogant nor impetuous, form an independent and optimistic personality, and become a person useful to society?"

　　

　　 This Ms. Zhong said hesitantly, "But..."

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan ignored the phrase "but" below, and then asked: "I asked, can he not be humble or arrogant, not arrogant or impetuous, form an independent and optimistic personality, and become a useful person to society. Yes, or not!"

　　

　　"...Yes."

　　

　　"Do you think this kind of parenting can be promoted on a large scale? In other words, can a large number of fatherless and motherless babies become useful to society?"

　　

　　 Ms. Zhong did not reply.

　　

　　"Since one person is fine, a group of people should be fine too."

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan came to a conclusion for himself, then turned his head and asked: "Then... Minister Ding of the Human Resources Department, if we adopt a policy that actively encourages childbirth, what is our natural birth rate?"

　　

　　 The gray-haired Minister Ding quickly replied: "The highest can reach 2%-3%, but it cannot last for a long time. Eventually it will fall sharply. First, according to statistics, a couple will give birth to one or The willingness to give birth to two is the highest, and the number of people who want to have three is very low, and the number of people who want to have more than four is almost zero. Therefore, it is impossible to achieve a 5% birth rate by relying on natural growth alone. Our population is not a backward population. It’s a high-quality population."

　　

　　"The second point is that our population has faults. Almost all ages are concentrated around 30 years old. After a wave of concentrated births, the birth rate will be infinitely close to 0 and another fault will appear...No one wants to be 30. One is born every year, one is born at the age of 40, and one is born at the age of 50 or 60. Individual population gaps, for a civilization, will undoubtedly produce bad social phenomena."

　　

　　" In addition, issuing policies to encourage childbirth will consume a lot of social costs and hinder the development of other industries. According to our statistics, the social cost of raising infants and young children by individuals will be three or even four times that of collective raising... "

　　

　　"In other words, the cost of raising one child alone can allow a group to raise 3 to 4 children..."

　　

　　 There was another few minutes of silence in the meeting room.

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan turned around: "Minister Li of the Ministry of Resources, how long can our advanced equipment last?"

　　

　　 Minister Li stood up and replied: "Many of our robots are brought from the earth. High-precision advanced equipment, once activated, depreciates quickly. Some equipment will not work in 10 years...Others , 30 years, 50 years at most."

　　

　　" Our industrial base machine is broken, it is really broken, and it is extremely difficult to repair. If at that time, something brought from the earth is damaged, we have not been able to build an industrial base machine of the same specification, then... …"

　　

　　 Minister Li's face is not so good-looking: "Technology...will go backwards!"

　　

　　 The meeting room suddenly became very quiet.

　　

　　 This year, the entire civilization has achieved great results, but most of them are just eating their own money. Many people did not expect that time should be so tight.

　　

　　 After a while, the person sitting underneath trembled, and he plucked up the courage to ask.

　　

　　"But, sir, there are 20,000 to 30,000 children born a year. Isn’t that too many... Our society as a whole, can we raise them?"

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan said coldly: "Sir, I remind you to take a longer-term view. There will be 1,800 babies born this year, and only 1,800 workers will be born in 20 years. Thirty thousand babies will be born this year, 20 In the next year, there will be 30,000 more laborers...We must not only live in the present, but also in the future. Today’s hard work is for tomorrow’s sustainability."

　　

　　 "Any other comments?"

　　

　　 "No more..." As if suppressed by Zhang Yuan's momentum, this gentleman quickly sat back.

　　

　　 The lady surnamed Zhong stood up again and retorted: "Infants need a lot of nutrition to grow, especially without breast milk, they need milk powder and more supplementary foods."

　　

　　"Mr. Zhang Yuan, have you ever calculated that with our current productivity, adding so many babies will invisibly increase prices and reduce people’s quality of life. Our economic structure and even the production structure need Great adjustment."

　　

　　 "Madam, what you said is correct, it is true... we are not productive enough."

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan said blankly, "But... the quality of life will be reduced as a result, is that the reason you object? We have traveled 20 light years~IndoMTL.com~ Is it just to enjoy life? Holding this idea People who are right now should stay on the earth instead of coming here!"

　　

　　 The lady's face flushed, and she stood there in a daze.

　　

　　 Snap!

　　

　　 Zhang Yuan patted the table heavily and roared: "So..."

　　

　　"Since no one discriminates against these children, education is not a problem, and no one wants to give birth to more than 10 children for civilization. Population has become the biggest constraint on development..."

　　

　　 "I will ask you why you oppose this motion! Why?! Do you want the entire civilization to be extinct in a hundred years from here?!"

　　

　　 seemed to be stunned by Zhang Yuan's roar, and for a while, no one dared to stand up and make trouble.

　　

　　Perhaps, many people recalled that this usually courteous, gentle and elegant Dr. Zhang and Minister Zhang were a fierce man who dared to chop off his legs. He was alone, a fighter who defeated the super-life body. !