Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as deaths outnumbered births

Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by theandrewbailey on Thursday March 24, 2022 @10:46AM (#30790598)

> We probably need to think seriously about making people outside of the natural womb, can't see another way to reverse this trend outside of the above mentioned measures / circumstances

At this point, its pretty clear that naturally starting and carrying a developing fetus is not an issue. Its the cost of the child after its born that's the issue. Having a bunch of babies coming out of artificial wombs is a recipe for disaster if they have no parents.

Have you learned nothing from the single parent household pandemic? Single parent children have much worse life outcomes than dual parent households. Zero parents? I'd imagine that would be worse.

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Re:Nearly 75% of US counties lost population last year as de... by hunglee2 on Thursday March 24, 2022 @02:46PM (#30793851)

Yes, possibly dire consequences I agree. Two things not in a way of a rebuttal but to advance the dialogue

1) Artificial wombs ≠ no parents. Kids might just be handed over to folks who want to parent but don't want the pregnancy / birth.

2) Kids could be raised by the state. Has been done before, though generally as a form of military service, thinking specifically of the Ottoman devshirme system; granted they did abduction, but are a decent example of state managed child rearing

3) Maybe robots could do the parenting. Eventually they may be able to make a passable attempt at it. Reminded of the movie 'Mother' - a dystopia obviously but still...better than no be at all!

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