Chapter 1042: The Future of Mankind (Part One)
“Unfortunately, I have to undergo a ntal stress assessnt every year. So far, my ntal state is not bad,” Qiu Ming shrugged.
E-Goat looked at the group of calm applicants in front of him. Then as if rushing to grab the last straw, he asked impatiently, “So they are actually clones and not real humans, right?”
“I think there’s no need to worry about the production thod that brought you into this world because there is no difference between a clone and an ordinary person,” Qiu Ming said. “A while ago, severely declining fertility rates aroused the concern of all parties. As a result, in collaboration with several pharmaceutical giants, the federal governnt launched an artificial reproduction program. They decided to use machines to simulate the human uterus to breed babies to increase the population. You are actually right. There are no physical and geno differences between natural childbirth or a new human born of a machine. Thus, since the beginning, the federation has decreed that these two kinds of people be given sa political and survival rights.”
“Are you kidding ? Why are clones and ordinary people treated so differently in New Shanghai 0297 then?” asked E-goat.
“Don’t you get it yet?” Qiu Ming sighed. “In New Shanghai 0297, the so-called clones are still ordinary people. You just have to treat them as different occupations. They’ve been artificially segregated by us to et different labor needs. However, there is no difference in the nature of the people who engage in these two occupations. Let
put it this way, have you ever bought luxury goods?”
“What do you an?”
“There is a huge difference between the price of a luxury shirt and an ordinary shirt, but there is no difference in the material used. It’s just that one of the shirts has a luxury company’s logo printed on it. Similarly, the clones of New Shanghai 0297 are the sa as ordinary people. Whether it’s the locator or the code on the back of the neck, it just serves as a logo to convince the people living here that their values are different. It’s that simple.”
“Then only can the clones’ mories be rewritten? Is that a lie?”
“It was like that at the beginning,” Qiu Ming nodded. “Clones, or new humans, hatched by machines, were raised by the federation. Regarding this, there have always been experts who have expressed so concern. This was because these people had shared a similar living environnt since childhood, and they were raised together as well. They were worried that the individuals would beco too identical due to this kind of social behavior that they grew up in.
“In addition, people have been arguing about how to raise them. The first batch of new machine-hatched humans was just like ordinary people. They received all kinds of education since they were young, but they lived together and were separated from their families. Apart from the overly similar problems ntioned before, there were also character defects brought about by the absence of the original family. In addition, the cultivation cycle was very long, and the investnt in education was also huge. It also cost the taxpayers a lot of money. It didn’t take long before civil protests arose, and the federal governnt’s finances began to crumble.
“At this ti, so large corporations like Shengtang Morgan offered to set up a fund to support the artificial reproduction program. In this way, the federal governnt wouldn’t need to invest more public funds, and the population problem could be solved. The two sides hit it off, and everyone was happy. Not long after, these big corporations ca up with a new training program.
“mory coding?” Zhang Heng raised his eyebrows.
“That’s right. This technology was successfully developed under such circumstances. In the beginning, it was to solve the problem of the machine-hatched-homo-evolutions becoming too similar due to prolonged exposure to identical living environnts. At the sa ti, the first mate reduced the investnt in education. mory coding could give the homo-evolution different personalities and mories, making them just like ordinary people, unaffected by similar growth backgrounds.
“After that, the corporations thought that since they had achieved this, they might as well go one step further and compile their skills. Through this, when they leave the cultivation base and enter society, they’d be able to find better jobs.”
“What was the result?” E-Goat asked.
“The result was, of course, a great success,” Qiu Ming said. “At least, that was the case at first. The artificial reproduction program was initially sponsored by these large corporations who were very familiar with their own employnt needs. Of course, they knew what skills needed to be compiled for the new humans that were hatched by machines, especially for certain high-end specialties. There has always been a shortage of jobs in the talent market. Everyone was fighting over people, but they were still unable to et their employnt needs.
“However, when mory coding technology appeared, this problem no longer existed. Other than so special professions that relied heavily on inspiration and talent, high-end talents that were purely technical could be mass-produced. Moreover, the new humans that were hatched by machines were also humans. Of course, there would be so very talented and inspired people among them. In addition, they would have a firr grasp of basic knowledge, in turn accelerating their developnt.
“Very soon, many of the managent and technical backbones of the companies on the market were occupied by these new humans. Moreover, many of them had better personalities and were more obedient. They were even willing to work overti. As a result, the boss naturally knew what to choose. By the ti the ordinary people reacted, they would realize that their supervisor or their imdiate boss had already beco a new human.”
Qiu Ming paused, “But on the other hand, the ergence of these new humans did accelerate the developnt of the economy and technology, giving human society unprecedented prosperity. This was a period of abundant talent reserves that had never been seen before in history. Even though many ordinary people had begun to protest at that ti, feeling that high-end employnt opportunities were being crowded out and it was getting harder to get promoted, these objections beca powerless in the face of rapid economic growth.
“From the perspective of the federation, it is impossible for them to reverse the course of history, stop the artificial reproduction program, and allow mankind to return from this once-in-a-thousand-years golden era to the primitivity of inefficiency and retardation. A backward productivity rate will inevitably be replaced by advanced productivity, just like the unemploynt wave caused by the ergence of machines. This is the social consensus in itself.
“Humanity has already experienced three industrial revolutions. Well, this is the fourth. More and more voices cried out in this manner. At the sa ti, they criticized those who were protesting. They felt that they were just maggots, blinded by envy. They were not willing to properly learn and hone their skills to beco better. Instead, they were jealous of others. This was simply the fury of the incompetent. In addition, the federation has been sparing no effort to promote coexistence between ordinary humans and new humans. Soon, the voice of opposition beca much smaller, and the entire human society began promoting mory coding technology more and more.”
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