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As for human beings’ own need for sex, it cannot be eliminated...

Zhang Ran doesn’t want to follow Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism’s theory of “preserving natural principles and destroying human desires”, but it is impossible to let the social atmosphere deteriorate. After all, there are more and more single men and women, and coupled with the superior living environment, the social atmosphere will inevitably change. Gotta get worse.

So there are two current methods. The first is to package and bring millions of movies to the earth, which is enough to see the end of the world... so these things do not need to be produced again.

The second method is a highly realistic robot, specially designed to serve men or women who need to solve their physical desires.

This special service area is called "VR-LOVE". It sounds a bit weird. It is composed of highly realistic robots. There are all kinds of robots, and the personality can be chosen with confidence. The business is quite hot...

It is not too difficult for humans in this era to accept these weird experience halls. After all, there were similar places in the past on earth.

According to the follow-up survey of experiencers, they generally believe that the experience of having sex with robots seems to be better than that of humans?

Zhang Ran really doesn't know how to solve this problem. Although he is not able to accept this kind of "VR-LOVE" in his heart, he will not forcefully promulgate laws to ban these things. After all, these robots maintain the stability of society. Giving single men and women a channel to vent is better than hooking up with people everywhere, right?

As for the issue that is currently causing widespread discussion: "Is having a relationship with a robot cheating?"...

A female student complained on the Internet that her boyfriend experienced "VR-LOVE" and believed that this behavior was cheating, triggering a wave of condemnation from netizens.

But there are also many people who understand and believe that "VR-LOVE" is not cheating because the robot is not very intelligent and is just a more advanced airplane cup.

Some people think that the "VR-LOVE" experience is too good, making their girlfriends jealous.

Zhang Ran also felt in his heart that it was not "cheating", it was at most "self-comfort".

Relevant social issues are too complex. Just like some TV programs in the past, "Uncle", even if we discuss it for ten days and ten nights, it is impossible to come up with a perfect solution that is acceptable to everyone.

The official in charge of social investigation said: "Everyone's living conditions are pretty good. There are not many people who don't need dignity. The current social atmosphere is pretty good."

"For this group of divorced people, breaking up is as happy as a great liberation. Because of the existence of VR-LOVE, among divorced people, more than 70% of men have experienced it, and the proportion of women is about 30%. It may be because Thinking bias caused by genes.”

"Men are more likely to seek more novel experiences, while women are not so inclined..."

"There are differences in the innate thinking of men and women, and this cannot be ignored."

In addition to the first generation born on earth, there is also a second generation.

People of this generation have even more different ideas. They are currently mainly students and are still relatively young. According to social surveys, this generation generally shows a tendency not to get married. They still fall in love, but generally they don't get married.

"These students have a very low concept of love. They tend to live with friends for a lifetime. Some people accept VR-LOVE. Of course, there are also students who want to pursue pure love."

"What we need to think about now is whether using VR-LOVE to solve physiological needs should be reflected in socialized public education? Education experts have polarized attitudes towards this."

"Some people believe that pursuing pure love during student days is a beautiful experience in life."

"But some experts believe that it is enough to just knock down part of love from the altar and equate it with sex. In the new world in the future, there is no need to engage in fancy 'love first' and so on. We can directly equate physiological desires with animality. Just draw the equal sign with **.”

"Gah?" Zhang Ran couldn't help but make a confused sound in his throat.

Just knock down the altar?

"These experts believe that VR-LOVE can be considered a widely used educational method. It takes physical desire off the altar and turns it into an existence like eating."

"At the same time, it guides human beings to pursue spiritual resonance, that is, Platonic love, and pursue spiritual communication and rational spiritual pure love, but it does not object to physical relationships."

"Okay..." Zhang Ran really didn't know what to say.

But if you think about it carefully, it seems to make sense. In the agricultural civilization and feudal era, whether in the Great Xia Kingdom or the West, love was a thing that was not very popular. Being married because of love was even more deviant and a taboo that could not be mentioned.

"The Romance of the West Chamber" is a contemporary love classic, but in the "Dream of Red Mansions" era three hundred years ago, Lin Daiyu accidentally said two lines of the poem and was pulled away by Sister Bao to be interrogated and scolded alone.

For a long period of human history, marriage, or the union of men and women, was absolutely utilitarian and purpose-oriented.

Only in the industrial age, the middle class did not have as many assets as the aristocratic gentlemen accumulated over generations, and they needed to get married to continue to grow bigger and stronger; but it was impossible to accept that they were completely the same as the people at the bottom, and marriage was just a matter of "living together" "So, a "love marriage" that requires both property and spirit was born.

But in the interstellar age, there is no need for property at all, only the spirit is left... So do we want to guide the next generation of children to pursue platonic love?

After a moment of silence, he couldn't figure out how to guide the next generation's sexual concepts.

Marriage is no longer needed, but the need still exists. This is innate, so we can’t all castrate it, right? Maybe castrating all the next generation is not necessarily a bad thing. Those octopus people don't have any problems, so they can still develop well?

But even as His Highness, he couldn't make this request... After all, everything in human society is related to sex.

"...They basically maintain a positive attitude towards artificial womb technology. However, according to social predictions, since the marriage rate of this generation will be significantly reduced, there will be almost no children...or they will not find a partner until a hundred years later. Give birth to a child?”

"We can't predict their thoughts yet. In short, they no longer have the concept of living in retirement."

Zhang Ran looked at these thick reports and read them page after page. He simply didn't know what to say. The polarization of fertility rates has led to socialized parenting becoming a major trend in the future.

But it is not that simple to form this trend. After all, childbirth is a basic human right... There are always some people who reject artificial wombs and want natural childbirth and family education.

He thought for a long time, then sighed and said: "Hey, everyone, we are a very young civilization. It's okay if there are all kinds of internal chaos now. It's okay if we can't figure out the direction ahead. We don't want to use artificial wombs. Couples, we don’t force them, let them do whatever they want. There are always people who think they are smarter than experts in all walks of life.”

"But no matter what, the socialized parenting program must be implemented, even though there are still many problems. First find a group of enlightened parents, a small group of people who are willing to socialize their children, and try it out. "

"If socialized upbringing is better than family upbringing, it can be considered as a way for us to explore."

"Because the talent training cycle is at least 20 years, which means it takes 20 years to find this path...it's not too long, I can afford to wait. By the way, think tanks in our office, do you want to Let’s put it into practice first, how many of you are married?”

"In fact, in the future, real socialized parenting will not require marriage at all, nor the concept of parents... But now it is better to take a smaller step and only allow children born to natural couples. It is also good to have a nominal parent. However, parents in name only are not allowed to interfere with their children’s development.”

After Zhang Ran finished saying this, he looked around.

There was actually silence in the room.

Some middle-aged people at the top levels of the government naturally use longevity drugs, and most of them look very young. There should be many people who are already married.

Zhou Chengfeng, the Speaker of the Parliament, was sitting first at the desk. He was not married and had been alone for so many years. He also looked around.

No one answered... It wasn't because of other reasons, but because no one had any desire to have children, or they were not married.

The occurrence of this situation made Zhang Ran a little embarrassed, but then again, he himself had no intention of having children, and he understood the principle of not doing to others what you don't want others to do to you.

There is only the loyal little secretary Sakurai, with bright eyes, eager to have a child!

It's just a pity that she did not marry His Highness...

"Then..." Zhang Ran gritted his teeth, "I will take the lead personally?"

"...The premise is that these children need to be cultivated in a blank society. They will have no concept of parents and will be raised by the entire society. His parents are human civilization, or who his parents are to him. It doesn’t matter at all, this ideology must be cultivated.”

"From now on, high inheritance taxes will still need to be enacted. In the era of great affluence, there is no need for a lot of private property. When a member of society dies, most of the private property should be returned to society."

"In the parentless era, inheritance is no longer needed. Alliances like the Blue and Gold Era do not have this concept."

"Your Highness, you are not married. You need to choose a female companion to complete this project." Zhou Chengfeng reminded.

"This is not the main factor. Obtaining the certificate is just a small ceremonial step. This step cannot be delayed. No one is willing to take this path, so I can only go on my own... Do you have any other opinions? How many of you are Someone who is willing to take the lead.”

Since His Majesty, the wise and powerful Highness, has taken the lead, the people in the office naturally have no way to refuse. Regardless of whether they agree or not, this step must be taken.

Soon a government official said: "Your Highness, I will convince my wife to donate eggs to complete this project."

"Even if it sounds a bit weird to give birth to a child that has nothing to do with me, this step must be done as soon as possible... I hope it can succeed."

"I... will join in too."

So under Zhang Ran's call, the first batch of socialized raising collected a total of 30,000 fertilized eggs from all mankind, and carried out the highest technology "21-month pregnancy" and "socialized raising without parents conceptualization".

Even if all these children have nominal parents, to reduce the pressure from public opinion, no matter how big the opposition is from the public, "parents' consent" can be used as an excuse.

Once the training fails, their parents will be responsible for the rest of these children's lives.

The storm is surging, and on this day, mankind finally takes a big step of its own!

In 1824, the utopian socialist Robert Owen sold all his family property, took his four sons, a group of friends, and more than a hundred like-minded people from England, sailed across the Atlantic to the United States, and established the New Harmony Commune.

Robert Owen expressed his ambition to the workers in front of the factory: "I came to this country to introduce a new society and to change the ignorant and selfish social system into a cheerful social system. This system will gradually unite all interests, and remove all causes of dissension between individuals. I have purchased this estate, and have come here myself to carry out this method."

An ideal society where everyone is equal, what a beautiful word!

But four years later, the "New Harmony Commune" declared bankruptcy.

On November 17, 1858, Owen passed away with regret at the age of 87.

On March 18, 1871, Paris workers staged an uprising, overthrew the reactionary rule of the bourgeoisie, and established a proletarian revolutionary regime in human history. Commune elections were held on March 26, and the Paris Commune was proclaimed on the 28th.

In terms of political power structure, the bourgeois parliamentary system was abolished and the commune became a working agency in charge of both administration and legislation.

Once again, humans are trying to build an ideal society where everyone is equal.

But just 72 days later, the Paris Commune failed.

On December 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics led by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was established, and the revolution of red flames burned over the earth.

The highest goal is to build a communist society: a social and economic form in which workers are organized and freely united based on the principle of each according to his ability and distribution according to need, based on the greatly improved people's scientific and cultural level, ideological awareness, and moral level. There, the free development of each person is the condition for the free development of all people.

On December 25, 1991, less than 70 years later, the Soviet Union collapsed, and most of the property was seized by the oligarchs... There is no equality for everyone.

But it is today that the confused human civilization once again takes this step forward towards an unknown tomorrow...

Countless people look to tomorrow with hope.

This step seems bigger, faster, and farther than before.

The road ahead is unknown, and so is the hope of success...

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