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Pregnancy, non-linear optical computing, and open business model strategies

Pregnancy, non-linear optical computing, and open business model strategies

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(1) Demographics as destiny…

For all those countries with rapidly aging populations, policy-makers are scrambling with new (as well as old) incentives to increase average fertility metrics. What is often missing is simple psychology / behavioural economics fieldwork: observing, measuring, and studying actual behaviours and motivations. And strategies. By real people facing real challenges and tradeoffs.

Good strategists will understand that these strategies are happening everywhere, not just in China. (Kudos to

Jeffrey Ding
and his ChinAI newsletter for this fascinating piece*)

“In the past, in order to get promotions and raises, we didn't dare to have children, as we were afraid that getting pregnant and having children would affect our career development. Now, in order to keep our jobs, we are considering strategic pregnancies.”**

* Perpetual Light Studio (original in Mandarin)
** Ronghuan Wei (translation by Jeffrey Ding, ChinAI #288)

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