Hearing what Bao Qi said, several people smiled and nodded. Everyone is well aware of the importance of population. In any era, the number of people is normally an advantage.
In the era of cold weapons, the number of people was an absolute advantage. It was very difficult to conquer a unified country with a large population. This was still the case in the era of hot weapons.
Once the population exceeds a certain number, it can only be conquered through tolerant policies, and it is basically impossible to destroy it directly.
To this day, the importance of population remains important. Right now, a large population is needed to participate in scientific research. The development of the solar system requires a large population. In the future, the development of the outer space of the solar system will also require a huge population.
The most important thing is that as long as the human population is large enough and spread over a large enough area in the universe, human beings will not disappear in the long river of cosmic history.
Fan Xiaoming sighed: "Yes! Who would have thought that we would develop so fast. In just one year, we have gone from the information age to the space age. Now we are waiting for the proton fusion device. As long as it succeeds, we humans can We have entered the interstellar age from the space age. To be honest, our development speed is so fast that we have to adapt to the interstellar age before we can adapt to the space age." A year ago, it was still the information age. It can be said that we are in the information age. It is late in the era, and the main reason why we have been unable to enter the space age is the inefficiency of chemical rockets, which prevents humans from entering space on a large scale.
Then there are the limitations of resources and energy. At that time, the global situation was actually not developing well. The poor died poor and the rich died rich. China was still far from a prosperous life.
The most embarrassing thing is that many technologies cannot cooperate with international cooperation and are restricted everywhere. What I didn't expect was that such changes would occur later. First, there was a breakthrough in chip research, and then related technologies had a chain reaction.
To say that the one with the greatest effect is the SS-Defense System, because the SS-Defense System successfully avoided disaster for all mankind, and at the same time obtained global technology and related research materials.
With such an opportunity, it would be abnormal if there was no explosive development. With the support of global technology and related research materials, related technologies and research have been directly filled up and brought to the forefront of research.
Then there was the breakthrough of the simplified version of the heavy photon aerospace engine. It can be said that with such an engine, everything after that has also undergone major changes, allowing mankind to directly enter the space age from the information age.
This means that humans can enter space at will and at low cost. Because of this, the development of the moon, the construction of light beams, etc. began.
With these, there are resources and energy. With resources and energy, the speed of development will be accelerated.
It has only been more than half a year since the asteroid impact, and the situation has changed dramatically.
Not to mention that basically everyone in the country can live a prosperous life, almost all human beings in the world can also live a prosperous life.
This is just about life. Human spacecraft have reached far more cosmic space. The development of the moon is coming to an end, followed by the development of Mars and the development of the entire solar system.
When the proton fusion device is successfully researched, humans will be able to achieve interstellar flight and develop the space outside the solar system.
Of course, even if the proton fusion device is successfully developed, if you want to fully enter the interstellar era and explore and develop the space outside the solar system, the current number of people will be powerless.
With the current population, it is far from enough to develop the solar system, let alone the outer space of the solar system.
It can be said with certainty that this number of people is far from enough. In his opinion, the most important period of development is during the first wave of children reaching adulthood.
What can be achieved in these ten years is the exploration of the space around the solar system and the comprehensive development of the solar system.
It would be great to be able to do this well, but things will be different after that. Humanity will once again enter a period of rapid development.
Because after the first wave of children come of age, there will be a steady stream of children coming of age, and the effective manpower will only increase. This means that more and more people will join in scientific research and participate in the study of the solar system. and the exploration and development of outer space beyond the solar system.
With more exploration and development, more and more resources and energy will be available, and correspondingly, the upper limit for increasing the population will be higher and higher.
Zuo Dajun said with some excitement: "Actually, the state we were in in the past was abnormal. Everyone was doing repetitive work every day in order to survive. To be honest, in addition to being able to support ourselves, these jobs are also important for the entire world. It really doesn’t make much sense to human beings. In the past, only a small number of people had the time and energy to do scientific research, while others did things that had no practical significance. Now, everyone doesn’t have to worry about survival at all. Human beings People can live a prosperous life and participate in scientific research as long as they are willing. If you think about it, you will know that the former suppresses the creativity of most people. People are creative and always do repetitive things. The kind of work that stifles people's ability to create and innovate is better now. Everyone can participate in scientific research as long as they are willing. The more people participate in scientific research, the faster the development of human science and technology will naturally be." Bao Qizheng smiled and explained: "You can't say that. In the past, resources and energy were limited. It was impossible to be like us now, where everyone no longer has to worry about survival. Coupled with the current high degree of automation and intelligence, people They are also freed from repetitive work, and naturally more people will participate in scientific research work." Speaking of which, everyone understands the truth, but the actual situation does not allow it.
In the past, resources and energy were limited, so fierce competition naturally occurred. Everyone was competing for resources and energy.
In other words, resources and energy are limited, and these resources and energy can only support a few people to live a prosperous life and conduct scientific research.
More people are doing repetitive work to earn wages and living on this meager wage.
There is no way, it is a fact that resources and energy are limited. In this case, only better people can obtain more resources and energy supplies.
To be honest, there is nothing we can do about it, but fortunately it has changed now. After entering the space age, human beings will be able to obtain more resources and energy outside the earth. These obtained resources and energy can completely enable human beings all over the earth to live a prosperous life.
At this time, it is normal for more people to participate in scientific research work. Xu Zhengping nodded and said: "Compared to the past, our development speed was very fast, but compared with now, or compared with our expected development speed, our development speed is still slow. The solar system is waiting for us. Exploration and development, the outer space of the solar system is also waiting for us to explore and develop. It seems that we have the ability to explore and develop, but our numbers cannot support us to explore and develop on a large scale, so hurry up!" With the development of science and technology, whether it is research on science and technology or exploration and development of space, this requires a lot of manpower.
Just because it is developing too fast, it is clear that we have the technology and ability to explore and develop, but because of the insufficient number of people, we have been unable to achieve our goals.
It is for this reason that there is such a rush to launch a population increase plan.
"Yes! It takes eighteen years from birth to adulthood. Even if you can participate in scientific research at the age of sixteen, it will still take sixteen years. This process is still a bit slow for us now. ." Bao Qizheng said seriously,
"But there is no way, this is a necessary process." The five people said as they followed a robot.
The robot was constantly checking the little white rabbit placed in the incubator, and took the little rabbit out of the incubator after inspection and blood sampling.
Naturally, the number of little rabbits in the incubator in front of the robot is increasing, and these rabbits all have their eyes closed.
Fan Xiaoming nodded and said: "Yes! These past ten years have been a bit difficult. Just think about it. We only have this small population. It is not enough to develop the entire solar system. The proton fusion device is about to succeed. Once it succeeds, we will have We have the ability to explore and develop the outer space of the solar system, but the result is that our population is too small and completely insufficient. We can only watch, as if a golden mountain appears in front of us, but just a few of us can't even think about it. We moved back home, but there are not enough people like us." Facing the boundless starry sky, when you don't have the ability to explore and develop, you can just look at it, because no matter what you think, when you don't have the ability, you can only Come to think of it, nothing else can be done.
But the current situation is that there are obviously capabilities and technologies, but no one is exploring and developing them. This situation is the most uncomfortable.
"It will take more than ten years to carry out large-scale exploration and development. This is indeed a bit urgent." Zuo Dajun thought for a while and said,
"Well, do we have any way to speed up the growth of humans, or to directly cultivate adults, so that we don't have to cultivate them bit by bit, and we can increase the human population in a short period of time, right? Yes, I remember that there is an organization studying synthetic life, that is, directly synthesizing humans through synthetic methods." As far as he knew, there were all kinds of weird scientific research projects now.
What he said is directly synthesized into life. What they mentioned before is direct synthesis using data, but those synthesis refer to the cell level, and then the cells are used to develop and grow into individuals.
As far as he knew, he was even more bold, directly synthesizing life at the atomic level, or in other words, synthesizing humans at the atomic level.
You know, this is no joke. There are not just one or two scientific research teams working on similar projects, but many scientific research teams.
The ultimate goal of these scientific research teams is to cooperate at the atomic level to replicate everything that exists, whether it is non-life or life, that is within their scope.
Fan Xiaoming smiled and said: "Come on, Dajun, you all know this. There are indeed scientific research teams studying the possibility of accelerating the rapid growth and development of humans, or all life. There are also many teams studying the synthesis of everything at the atomic level, but this is also It's just limited to the scope of research. Research can be done, but under normal circumstances it will not be used in real society, let alone speeding up the growth of people and synthesizing humans. Even if we master such technology, we will no longer be in a situation of life and death. We will not use such techniques or methods." He knew the consequences of using such methods.
Xu Zhengping nodded and said: "Not to mention, I don't think we have mastered such technology now. Even if we mastered such technology, we would not do it. You know, why did we come up with such a troublesome population increase plan, which stipulates that only legal couples can Using artificial womb technology to reproduce offspring, we also advocate that these children still grow up under the care of their parents. To be honest, if we completely ignore the consequences, we can reproduce humans just like we reproduce these cows, sheep, rabbits and mice, and we don’t need to divide them into batches. , we can get a population of 10 trillion in the first wave...for the future of mankind. We can't do this." The reason why the population increase plan is so troublesome is, in the final analysis, for the inheritance of human culture, or human civilization. inheritance.
If a large-scale increase in population is driven by the desire for quick success and instant benefits regardless of the consequences, the consequences will be quite serious.
When these children without parents grow up, they will ask them where they come from. Besides, the increase in the number of people is too large and cannot be taken care of in many aspects. In the end, it will inevitably create a gap between the newborns and the previous generation, and also It's cultural alienation.
If this happens, the consequences will be very serious and may even bring a devastating blow to mankind.
Su Zhe smiled and said: "Actually, we don't need to worry about the next ten or twenty years. When the first wave of children reach adulthood, the increase in the effective population will usher in explosive development. Besides, we More than ten years can prepare me for the explosive development in the future. For example, it is best to explore the space around the solar system, build the solar system into the base camp of mankind, etc. We should not be too eager for quick success and quick gain, and we should also settle down well. To be honest, this period of time is likely to determine the future of our species. Our next generation will shoulder the important task of exploring and developing the universe, and their education results will directly affect the future of humanity." Xu Zhengping nodded and said : "In the next ten years, or in a longer period of time, we must not only take care of the development of science and technology and the development of the solar system, but we must also pay attention to the education of our next generation, just like Su Zhe said, what kind of children we teach will be what kind of children they teach in the future. This is related to the future of mankind. We cannot be careless." We cannot be careless about the education of the next generation. After all, the future of humanity is at stake.
