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Re:The Writing on the Wall: Sci-Fi’s Empty Techno-Optimism by smnrchrds on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:17PM (#30074563)
Relevant comic: https://www.butajape.com/comic/sci-fi-predictions/

Make sure you read the description too.

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Re:The Writing on the Wall: Sci-Fi’s Empty Techno-Optimism by kaycebasques on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @12:43PM (#30075020)
There are some interesting details in the last illustration. Seems like some hints around how the author thinks the real future will actually suck:

* Water only being available in bottles, at a very high price

* Cyborg tech

* Militarized Boston Dynamics robots

* Destroyed moon...?

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