Development Room 404 Ep. 19: Human Progress

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Episode 19 · Development Room 404 Ep. 19: Human Progress

Progress always changes someone’s place.

<The places changed by progress 1.1>

Panel details

1. On a pre-industrial street, Kkobugi in classic period clothes sweats as he pulls a rickshaw. A gentleman passenger with a single monocle-like sunglass lens, bowler hat, and moustache sits inside.
2. Kkobugi confidently drives a car. Outside, Kim Saseum still pulls a rickshaw, collapses, and looks tearful.
3. Kkobugi codes in an office while Kim Saseum and Park Mulbeom struggle with labor at a construction site.
4. An AI connects many cables to many computers while complex calculations glow on its face monitor. Kkobugi, Kim Saseum, and Park Mulbeom sit against a wall in ragged clothes with an empty can in front of them, all looking blank and defeated.

Intent Development Room 404 episode 19, Human Progress, follows rickshaws and cars, coding, and AI automation to a bittersweet ending for Kkobugi and the team.

Series episodes

1. Episode 9 Development Room 404 9 - Logic Race
2. Episode 10 Development Room 404 Ep. 10: The Master
3. Episode 11 Development Room 404 Ep. 11: Careers
4. Episode 12 Development Room 404 Ep. 12: Acceleration
5. Episode 13 Development Room 404 Ep. 13: HUMAN
6. Episode 14 Development Room 404 Ep. 14: Learning
7. Episode 15 Development Room 404 Ep. 15: Learning 2
8. Episode 16 Development Room 404 Ep. 16: Coffee
9. Episode 17 Development Room 404 Ep. 17: Cyberworld
10. Episode 18 Development Room 404 Ep. 18: Misunderstanding
11. Episode 19 Development Room 404 Ep. 19: Human Progress (Current)
12. Episode 20 Development Room 404 Ep. 20: War
13. Episode 21 Development Room 404 Ep. 21: Department Store
14. Episode 22 Development Room 404 Ep. 22: Technology Race
15. Episode 23 Development Room 404 Ep. 23: Kaio-ken
16. Episode 24 Development Room 404 Ep. 24: Magic