Life at the Frontlines of Demographic Collapse — LessWrong

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x Life at the Frontlines of Demographic Collapse — LessWrong World Modeling World Optimization Frontpage 2026 Top Fifty: 16 % 289 Life at the Frontlines of Demographic Collapse by Martin Sustrik 14th Feb 2026 250bpm 10 min read 52 289 This is a cross-post from: https://www.250bpm.com/p/life-at-the-frontlines-of-demographic Nagoro , a depopulated village in Japan where residents are replaced by dolls. In 1960, Yubari, a former coal-mining city on Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido, had roughly 110,000 residents. Today, fewer than 7,000 remain. The share of those over 65 is 54%. The local train

Life at the Frontlines of Demographic Collapse — LessWrong

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