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  • (ReacTor) Solving Population Decline Through Science Fiction

    From James Nicoll@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 27 10:25:30 2026
    Solving Population Decline Through Science Fiction

    Real-world solutions might be expensive or politically unpopular,
    so why not take a page from SF?

    https://reactormag.com/solving-population-decline-through-science-fiction/
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  • From BobbieSellers@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 27 08:13:25 2026
    On 7/27/26 07:25, James Nicoll wrote:
    Solving Population Decline Through Science Fiction

    Real-world solutions might be expensive or politically unpopular,
    so why not take a page from SF?

    https://reactormag.com/solving-population-decline-through-science-fiction/

    And here is the real world experience:
    How to increase Birth Rate ? Lessons from Tokyo by emaglive <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/21/800073305/community/how-to-increase-birth-rate-lessons-from-tokyo/>

    Not too expensive when the product is so much desired.

    bliss



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  • From Cryptoengineer@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 27 12:59:36 2026
    On 7/27/2026 11:13 AM, BobbieSellers wrote:
    On 7/27/26 07:25, James Nicoll wrote:
    Solving Population Decline Through Science Fiction

    Real-world solutions might be expensive or politically unpopular,
    so why not take a page from SF?

    https://reactormag.com/solving-population-decline-through-science-
    fiction/

    ˙˙˙˙And here is the real world experience:
    How to increase Birth Rate ? Lessons from Tokyo˙ by emaglive <https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2026/7/21/800073305/community/how-to- increase-birth-rate-lessons-from-tokyo/>

    ˙˙˙˙Not too expensive when the product is so much desired.

    Interesting. That's the first time I've heard of a plan that might
    actually be working.

    At the moment, having kids is a massive financial drain on a
    couple or a single woman. That would have to be reversed.

    There's been 'bachelor taxes' on the childless since Roman
    times.

    We need to subsidize childbearing and raising to the point
    where 'mother' is a viable career path for women.

    pt


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  • From David Dalton@3:633/10 to All on Mon Jul 27 18:22:49 2026
    On Jul 27, 2026, James Nicoll wrote
    (in article <1147poq$g5$1@panix2.panix.com>):

    Solving Population Decline Through Science Fiction

    Real-world solutions might be expensive or politically unpopular,
    so why not take a page from SF?

    https://reactormag.com/solving-population-decline-through-science-fiction/

    If my sudden evolution works (maybe at Haida Clamshell
    Full Moon) homo sapiens and 432 aliens will merge
    and split and evolve to 60 species in human species
    group, 55 with an equivalent of 100 years in homo
    sapiens of 200 years and 5 (including the then former
    aliens) of 300 years.

    With this extra lifespan there would be no population decline.

    There would be delayed puberty and further delayed
    fertility, with fertility from the start of age 39 to the
    end of age 70 (so until we turn 71),and with a maximum
    of three children per woman, unless she has already
    had more. This will prevent overpopulation.

    However I have failed many times before, but keep
    hoping for the crackpot jackpot.

    --
    https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page) ?Early morning, jubilators, up to no good, instigators... Sons of long forgotten races, that the darkest night embraces? (Ron Hynes & D.O?D)


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