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1. Doctor, Male, 40 yrs
We'll presumably need someone with medical expertise
2. Student, Female, 19 yrs
5. Actress, Female, 33 yrs
7. Construction Worker, Female, 28 yrs
12. Kid, Female, 13yrs
20. Clown, Female, 30
9. Principal, Female, 29 yrs
We will need as many women of child-bearing age as possible. Two women (not counting me) to every man sounds about right. Even at that we're seriously bucking the odds for population viability - you need at least 50 for short-term survival of the species and 500 for long-term survival. Are we the only people on the earth, or do we stand a chance of finding other pockets of people? The construction worker is doubly useful - knows how to build things AND can give birth.
4. Farmer, Male, 57 yrs
As the food supply has presumably been interrupted we'll need someone who knows how to farm.
11. Secretary, Male, 25 yrs
The other two men are middle-aged and, while they can still father children for some time, may be past prime fertility. We'll need another young man, and the only other suitable candidates are a police officer and a drug dealer - that's the last thing we need, an authoritarian or a criminal.
If we're the only people left and we stand little chance of repopulating the human race, I'd pick much more hedonistically.
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