Story Starter
Posted by Jo | Filed under Creativity
Suffering from a little writer’s block. Here’s a little thought experiement / story starter to get you going.
Imagine that people no longer die from disease or from old age, for whatever reason. Maybe it’s medical advances or something supernatural, but the reason doesn’t really matter (unless you make it matter). The birth rate also has not changed. In fact, due to improved health, people may be having more children, not fewer.
Think about all the problems this would cause. Crowding. Hunger. Resource shortages.
Now, solve the problem.
Bonus, don’t do something obvious like colonize another planet or start killing off the elderly.
You might want to start thinking about how China has dealt with its population issues, how Tokyo is notoriously crowded, or how hunger and disease have ravaged Africa. How would a constantly increasing population make these types of problems worse? What kind of creative, or even violent, solutions would people come up with to relieve the pressure?
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