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By Lauren Davis Oct 5, 2009 7:00 AM 8,250

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If Cavemen Wrote Pessimistic Science Fiction, We’d Never Get Anywhere

Webcomic Dresden Codak takes aim at science fiction that portrays technology in a negative light, by imagining what cavemen's pessimistic science fiction would look like. Needless to say, digging latrines and harnessing fire don't go terribly well.

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