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_aMarrs, John _c(Freelance journalist), _eauthor. _955329 |
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_aThe family experiment / _cJohn Marrs. |
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_aLondon : _bMacmillan, _c2024. |
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_a464 pages ; _c22 cm |
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520 | _ahe world's population is soaring, creating overcrowded cities and an economic crisis. And in the UK, breaking point has arrived. A growing number of people can no longer afford to start families let alone raise them. But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality tv show. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child or risk it all for the chance of a real baby . . . | ||
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