Ectogenesis and artificial wombs

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Zeropoint
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Re: Ectogenesis and artificial wombs

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Wouldn't it be a very good opportunity to stay single? Not having any pressure at all to procreate as we know it?
You know, there are OTHER reasons to want to be in a relationship.
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Re: Ectogenesis and artificial wombs

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Atomization sounds like the inevitable results of people living in cities and urban areas and also moving around all the time (for that vaunted mobile workforce), doesn't look like there's much to be done about that, what with the way the world's going.
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Re: Ectogenesis and artificial wombs

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Zeropoint wrote:
Wouldn't it be a very good opportunity to stay single? Not having any pressure at all to procreate as we know it?
You know, there are OTHER reasons to want to be in a relationship.
Yeah, even people physically unable to reproduce still do things like get married and stay in long-term relationships.
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