Chapter 657: Population Issues
Because the original mothership had to carry a large population and had various non-military functions, it was always a bit cumbersome to fight.
People discovered this problem when they discovered the war with the Apollo civilization. There is no principle of both civilian and military use. If there is a war and a mothership is exploded, too many civilians will die!
But in that case it is impossible to have time to improve.
But after improvements in the future, basically there will be no problems like this.
After owning a battle star, the entire society even developed a new desire for consumption, which is... bigger and better houses, especially houses with an average per capita area of more than 50 square meters.
If people live on the planet in the future, they will no longer be satisfied with the original living area. The original housing prices were calculated based on area. The larger the house, the higher the average housing price per square meter. The per capita area is actually only 16 square meters, which is really not that much.
How can there be so much living area on a spaceship?
But now, people naturally want bigger houses, better environments, and the ability to raise some small animals.
Although the new human civilization is not a civilization that promotes economic growth based on personal consumption desires, it is better for people to have consumption desires than to have no desires.
In addition to some basic social welfare, these material resources cannot be distributed for free. They can only be obtained by hard work. You still have to spend money to buy things, otherwise you will only be envious of others.
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Let's not go into details about the miscellaneous social phenomena in this regard. For the management, the biggest problem is that the current population size seems a bit insufficient.
150 million sounds like a lot, and it can do a lot of things. In addition, since humans spent 3,000 amoeba points to purchase the [Micro-Nano-Alfa 3 Maintenance Robot] in the Dyson Sphere, the cracking progress has steadily increased, and the artificial intelligence capabilities increase steadily...
But actually? Still not enough. If it weren't for various complicated reasons, the management would have wanted to create a population of one billion.
Population problem has always been a big problem!
The original technology tree required a certain amount of population to develop and maintain. Research institutes in various industries are themselves short of people. As a fourth-level civilization, the technology tree has long been flourishing, forming a huge number of technology systems.
Even with the advent of assistive brain technology and additional perception, humans are much smarter than on Earth and their learning efficiency has improved, but the population is still somewhat insufficient.
In addition, as a fourth-level civilization, it is possible that no major achievements will be made for decades. Even if the progress of each technological line is very slow, we must persist, otherwise how can we move forward for no reason?
Therefore, the manpower in this area can not be redeployed, but try not to redeploy it, otherwise it will be picking sesame seeds and losing watermelons.
In addition, there are various administrative personnel, entertainment industry, service personnel, etc., which are all necessities of a civilization. Nowadays, people are pursuing all-round development and will no longer develop in one direction as they did in the past.
Even, the six motherships can theoretically carry a population of 200 million, but now they only hold 150 million, which is not fully loaded. And now there is an additional planet. After the residential areas are developed, it will be able to host at least 1 billion people. It is completely sparsely populated with a vast land.
As a result, after some staff moved to the ground, the spacecraft seemed empty. The business district and various entertainment venues were much deserted, which was not used to some people who were used to the bustle.
Expanding the population is a very important and extremely urgent matter, but no matter how urgent the entire society's demand for population is, it requires quite detailed planning.
Population is both a wealth and a burden. When there are more people, the number of top geniuses will also increase. Related supporting education and public services should be prepared in advance. How to manage more people and how to adjust the economic system. These are all major challenges facing the management of new human civilization.
"Ladies and gentlemen, a population of 150 million and a population of 1 billion are two different management methods. If a special event occurs, mobilizing a population of 1 billion and mobilizing 150 million people are two different magnitudes."
"Our society requires too high a population quality... A slightly poorer population quality will in turn hinder social development. Everyone knows this."
In this daily meeting, Ms. Captain focused on this issue.
Fortunately, human scientists have been studying this problem for a long time and have proposed various solutions.
Coupled with the current population of 150 million, the overall quality of young people who are one hundred years old or middle-aged people who are two or three hundred years old is simply unprecedentedly high. They have experienced the dark ages before the collision of neutron stars, witnessed the collapse of the "Brilliant Galaxy Branch", and experienced the baptism of the Dyson Sphere incident. They know that the development of a civilization is not easy, and it is basically dominated by blue thinking.
The social inertia formed by this group of people is very powerful and will drive the healthy growth of the next generation.
An education scholar raised this question: "...but we cannot completely rely on social inertia. When our generation dies, the population that will be born later will not necessarily be the same. Although we can use educational means to let them know this However, education and personal experience are always two different things..."
"The power of education is quite limited."
"So, we should maintain a cautious and optimistic attitude. In the current large society with a population of 150 million, the social atmosphere has formed a certain degree of good inertia. We must strive to expand to 500 million within 80 years while the atmosphere remains unchanged. people!"
"Within 150 years, it will expand to 800 million people, and eventually remain at 1 billion, or even more, 1.2 billion, 1.5 billion, there will be no problem."
"All in all, 10-12100 million is a relatively ideal number..."
This female captain is a typical figure of Deep Blue Thinking. After hearing this, she said with some dissatisfaction: "Professor Ye, your statement makes sense. But first I want to ask, can we create such a More jobs? Especially high-end jobs, you know what I mean, right? High-end jobs are not the kind of jobs where labor is sold!"
"If there are not enough jobs, it will be doomed. A lot of people will be doing nothing all day long, wandering around the society, and the entire civilization will collapse immediately! We will never be able to develop labor-intensive industries like the earth did in the past. !"
Labor-intensive industries are not bad. When a country is at the starting point of industrialization, it is more suitable to develop labor-intensive industries and transform the agricultural population into an industrial population in large numbers.
In the product costs of labor-intensive industries, labor consumption accounts for a larger proportion, while physical capital consumption accounts for a smaller proportion.
But it has the limitations of the times, and its most typical feature is that its added value is relatively low. A plane is exchanged for a few shirts, and shirts are a so-called labor-intensive industry.
Captain Feng said: "...just like the civilization on earth, a clothing store must hire a waiter to cashier there. Even if a robot can completely replace the cashier, it has to be done for employment."
"When the population increases, there will inevitably be a large number of individuals who cannot adapt to the times. Should our civilization also follow the policies of the earth's civilization?"
Technology is not omnipotent, and technology cannot solve many social problems: for example, jobs.
The development of science and technology can create various new jobs, but it can also eliminate many old jobs.
The more developed science and technology is, the higher the quality requirements for people are. However, human personal qualities are always distributed normally. Even with the blessing of intelligence and technology, it is impossible to smooth out the gap. Most people are mediocre and unable to engage in cutting-edge positions, which results in a series of social problems.
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