{"id":6786,"date":"2013-03-22T23:50:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-23T06:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2017-04-29T15:46:24","modified_gmt":"2017-04-29T22:46:24","slug":"robots-for-japans-future-talk-with-them-move-with-them-live-with-them-all-in-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/robots-for-japans-future-talk-with-them-move-with-them-live-with-them-all-in-time","title":{"rendered":"Robots for Japan\u2019s Future: talk with them, move with them, live with them\u2026 All in time."},"content":{"rendered":"


\nJapanese People are Getting Old \u2014 Fast. So\u2026 Robots!<\/span><\/strong>
Japan is one of those great examples of how, when a society reaches a certain stage of development, population can stabilize itself based simply on quality of life (economic well-being, healthcare, community, Golden Rule morality, etc.). There is a challenge, however: population decline. In arguably one of the world\u2019s most advanced capitalist nations, where 70% of GDP is based on the services economy and nearly all national debt is public held, a big die-off is\u2026 big problematic. Sure, the population decline will be gradual \u2014 but it\u2019s inexorable, and Japan has to prepare now.<\/p>\n

Make Robots, Not Babies?
\n<\/strong><\/span>A (perhaps questionable) study from the Japan Family Planning Association found that 1\/3 of Japanese youth have no desire to get their groove on. They just don\u2019t wanna hump each other. And as many of us know, it\u2019s not just an enjoyable hobby, it\u2019s where babies come from! Realistically, a decent number of respondents were probably lying, though. Because in Japan being fake polite and feigning ignorance to the nastiness & porno of human life is\u2026 a way of life (that\u2019s a compliment \u2014 fake polite is far better than honest rude).<\/p>\n

But actually, whether a large segment of the youth truly don\u2019t want to make sweet love, or do, it doesn\u2019t change the fact that Japan\u2019s going to be running out of people. Factor in a rising women\u2019s liberation, the destigmatization of birth control, and perceived economic instability \u2014 who knows what the actual equation looks like, but the answer is a birthrate of 1.39. And in case it\u2019s not obvious, a birthrate of at least 2 is a replacement set for the parents; a population at stasis. Ain\u2019t happening.<\/p>\n

So, at the end of the day, replacing the lost population with robots, thereby replacing a lost labor force and augmenting the consumer economy \u2014 well, seems like a decent enough course of action.<\/p>\n

Three States of Robot Assimilation:<\/strong><\/span>
Hop on over to Akihabara News to have a look at the sharing, the wearing, and the caring: Dear Assistive Robot Industry, We Need You. Sincerely, Rapidly Aging Japan.<\/a><\/p>\n

Lastly, you kinda have to wonder: in the macro, why don\u2019t they want sex AND<\/em> robots<\/a>?
Japan, sometimes you so cray.<\/p>\n

[YOUNG JAPANESE PEOPLE NOT INTERESTED IN GETTING IT ON \u2014 HUFF POST<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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