From: petertrei@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/9/2025 5:51 PM, The Horny Goat wrote:   
   > On Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:11:03 -0500, Cryptoengineer   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >>> The future that Silverberg was portraying in his   
   >>> "The World Inside" was just totally different that the   
   >>> reality of our low middle income childbirth rates   
   >>> and our old "generations" ideas that it just does   
   >>> not compare.   
   >>> Big one, child bearing ages now are quite concerned   
   >>> with finances and time constraints.   
   >>> Silverbergs view in that book eliminated those and also   
   >>> had a special kick of religious duty.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> The book explicitly has people usually marrying at 12, and   
   >> becoming parents by 14.   
   >   
   > Given we're talking science fiction you shouldn't assume that we're   
   > talking Earth years. Those numbers would be totally appropriate for   
   > settlers on Mars for instance.   
      
   The book is explicitly set on Earth.   
      
   pt   
      
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