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i agree that is disturbing but it is not what i was referring to, sorry I meant excess old people - age demographics - not excess men. based on projections chi
by throwusawayus 5y ago
i agree that is disturbing but it is not what i was referring to, sorry I meant excess old people - age demographics - not excess men.
based on projections china's population peaked ~last year. it is a shrinking population from here, and while this will be a huge problem in most of the world (see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30735230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30735230 discussed recently) but it is happening MUCH sooner in china, and at an unprecedented scale.
it is an existential threat and i am sure their government sees this, and it is scary to think what an "ends justify the means" way of thinking leads to with this problem
- jokethrowaway 5y agoIf we're lucky they'll pioneer growing babies entirely in vitro, no humans needed besides their DNA (which is branch of research I'd really like to see but morals in the West prevent that)
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThat is a good joke.
- Retric 5y agoYes, my point was that’s a looming problem but not currently an issue so we can only guess how their going to solve it. But, the options considered are anything up to including say romanticizing elderly suicide.