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It's taken as gospel that the Brave New World automated human gestation centers would be A Bad Thing, but frankly the number of problems that would be solved wi

It's taken as gospel that the Brave New World automated human gestation centers would be A Bad Thing, but frankly the number of problems that would be solved with this scheme are huge. I think the first country to do it will be scolded heavily, but only until everyone else figures out how they did it and are able to copy them.

godsinhisheaven 1y ago
If human gestation centers are ever proposed in a country, I would hope the countries of the world would declare war on that country for the sole purpose of stopping it
- fires10 1y ago
  Why? I don't understand why they would be bad? Some people can't naturally have children. It is a risk to a woman to be pregnant.
etrautmann 1y ago
Who raises these farmed embryos? What is the thought here beyond just more infants?
- dylan604 1y ago
  Copper top batteries would be one use even if that's a different story line
shadowgovt 1y ago
With 8 billion people on the planet, we are at no risk of running out any time soon.
edflsafoiewq 1y ago
Running what are functionally massive orphanages seems like it'd be harder than the purely technical problem of automated gestation.
- api 1y ago
  With how little we prioritize education versus other things it’d be a disaster. They’d be factories for neglected and traumatized children who would have a high likelihood of growing up to be criminals or homeless.
- mullingitover 1y ago
  I don't see there being any orphanages, you could simply have babies on demand for anyone who wants to adopt them. There are enough couples with fertility problems, women who can't carry a pregnancy to term for medical reasons, etc etc. The adoption process is currently unworkable: couples will routinely spend tens of thousands for a chance at adopting, and the birth parent can reverse the adoption at any time and you've simply set a five figure sum on fire. You could also incentivize couples to adopt up to the point that the (augmented) fertility rate hits replacement level. That's the ultimate problem to solve here, you're not trying to grow the population, simply put a floor under it to stabilize and prevent demographic collapse.

godsinhisheaven 1y ago

If human gestation centers are ever proposed in a country, I would hope the countries of the world would declare war on that country for the sole purpose of stopping it

fires10 1y ago
Why? I don't understand why they would be bad? Some people can't naturally have children. It is a risk to a woman to be pregnant.

etrautmann 1y ago

Who raises these farmed embryos? What is the thought here beyond just more infants?

dylan604 1y ago
Copper top batteries would be one use even if that's a different story line

shadowgovt 1y ago

With 8 billion people on the planet, we are at no risk of running out any time soon.

edflsafoiewq 1y ago

Running what are functionally massive orphanages seems like it'd be harder than the purely technical problem of automated gestation.

api 1y ago
With how little we prioritize education versus other things it’d be a disaster. They’d be factories for neglected and traumatized children who would have a high likelihood of growing up to be criminals or homeless.
mullingitover 1y ago
I don't see there being any orphanages, you could simply have babies on demand for anyone who wants to adopt them. There are enough couples with fertility problems, women who can't carry a pregnancy to term for medical reasons, etc etc. The adoption process is currently unworkable: couples will routinely spend tens of thousands for a chance at adopting, and the birth parent can reverse the adoption at any time and you've simply set a five figure sum on fire. You could also incentivize couples to adopt up to the point that the (augmented) fertility rate hits replacement level. That's the ultimate problem to solve here, you're not trying to grow the population, simply put a floor under it to stabilize and prevent demographic collapse.