Re: (tranlation) Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo

In article <vreqff$155k7$1@dont-email.me>,
 Cryptoengineer <petertrei@gmail.com> wrote:

On 3/19/2025 9:10 AM, James Nicoll wrote:

Apartment Women by Gu Byeong-Mo
 
The Dream Future Pilot Communal Apartments is a bold attempt to
address South Korea's negligible birthrate. In exchange for new
homes in an invigorating rural setting, certain conditions need
to be met.
 
https://jamesdavisnicoll.com/review/babies-forever
 
Technically, not SF or even futuristic but sufficienty dystopia-
adjacent to be of interest.

 
If one agrees that demographic collapse is a real problem, then
eventually we're going to see governments addressing it.
 
On the dystopian side, one could see a ban on contraception, or
even worse, compelled childbearing.
 

Also, Quadi's Vat Girls (and some Vat Boys too). I have some doubts on
how well they could be socialized.

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