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Can you turn this tattoo off?
Sep 14, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Happy New Simulation Cycle!
Dec 28, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Can you ID those pictures for me?
Aug 24, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Business Sci-Fi for strategic imagination
Dec 10, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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Business Sci-Fi
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Your inheritance is still learning
Lights shift to a softer amber as they step into the notary’s office. This room knows how to soften a hard decision. Or many. After two handshakes and…
Feb 14
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Pawel Halicki
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Don’t speedrun your potential
The driver’s seat gives him a soft buzz. Ready for the scenic part, he blinks awake and shakes off the nap. Their transport glides in lane, locking…
Feb 7
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Pawel Halicki
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Something to calm my metrics, please
Settling in a counter chair, he hides behind the massive air scrubbing plant. Its BioLume leaves complement the café’s ambient lights. The barista is...
Jan 31
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Pawel Halicki
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My workspace will let you in
After two knocks, he opens the door. The hinge screams through the quiet cabin. Expecting his granddaughter at the desk, he’s surprised to see her on a…
Jan 24
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Pawel Halicki
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AI & Machine Intelligence
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Your inheritance is still learning
Lights shift to a softer amber as they step into the notary’s office. This room knows how to soften a hard decision. Or many. After two handshakes and…
Feb 14
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Pawel Halicki
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It’s time to reconsider your inputs
The workspace pings a collab request. He accepts. Their team lead pops in at the edge of his peripheral vision, her silhouette sharpening as the call…
Jan 11
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Pawel Halicki
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Sorry, this price is AI only
Soft chime announces a new delivery. He turns to his daughter, currently arguing with her homework bot on the other side of the sectional sofa.
Dec 20, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Just refresh your punchline
Annoyed by how loud he’s breathing, he tops the riverbank hill. He stretches, steadies his breathing, and gets back to the mandated two hours of…
Dec 7, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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It’s a multi-mess architecture
Halfway through the quarterly metrics review, he spots something odd on the reef restoration dashboard: an amber notification. [Mesh-wide alignment…
Nov 23, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Home & Living
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Sorry, this price is AI only
Soft chime announces a new delivery. He turns to his daughter, currently arguing with her homework bot on the other side of the sectional sofa.
Dec 20, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Can you authenticate summer?
Puffy evening clouds drift through the last shades of summer. She’s tagging the fluffiest ones for her setup. Her daughter burrows deeper under the…
Sep 6, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Ultrasonic washing protects your clothing care plans
His twelve-year-old stands rigid in front of his vintage band t-shirts, eyes wide with panic. The intensity in that stare almost makes him reconsider. …
Jul 5, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Who morphed my armchair?
The next section of the city’s biggest furniturals store is dotted with perpetually flipping signs. 87% more living space with multi-state furniture…
Jun 28, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Immersive & Extended Reality
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Don’t speedrun your potential
The driver’s seat gives him a soft buzz. Ready for the scenic part, he blinks awake and shakes off the nap. Their transport glides in lane, locking…
Feb 7
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Pawel Halicki
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Chance engineering?
Halfway through the fruit and veg section, she spots two familiar faces walking through overlapping shelf projections, recipe pop-ups, and flashing…
Nov 2, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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I layered you over my stream
The venue is packed with fans and shimmering with energy. All around them, holos stretch and warp across the crowd, advertising drinks, merch, or…
Aug 16, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Ping me when the walls are transparent
The calming white noise of a gentle blizzard smoothly takes over the break room. Display-wrapped walls ripple when his settings override the default…
Aug 2, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Imagination transfer complete
Removing the headset, reality floods back, and the office walls adjust softly to daylight frequency, grounding him firmly back in the present. …
May 31, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Health & Medicine
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Something to calm my metrics, please
Settling in a counter chair, he hides behind the massive air scrubbing plant. Its BioLume leaves complement the café’s ambient lights. The barista is...
Jan 31
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Pawel Halicki
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The data is ready for you
Holo patient queues drift gently above the reception desk, rearranging themselves as appointment priorities shift. Soft diagnostic chimes merge…
Jul 26, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Your teeth are rendering now
- Despite decades of progress, dental chairs are one of the least comfortable things in the universe. Or maybe I’m just stressed out? The dentist…
Feb 22, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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We just finished printing your meds
Pill printers hum in the back room, covered in the glow of ads promising “Custom health at custom speed”. Meanwhile, the next customer, masking their…
Jan 25, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Sustainable Cities & Infrastructure
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Turn on the sunscreen
The transport opens with a hiss, after a gentle stop in the shaded spot right at the sand. Thank you for choosing the beach-bound mobility network. The…
Jul 12, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Who approved this weather?
Their director storms into the monitoring room, glancing at the screens. - Who approved this weather? This model hasn’t been cleared yet! Her analyst…
Apr 26, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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These flowers pay for my parking
- Thanks for stopping by. I'm still not sure why I had those soil sensors shipped to your house. - Force of habit? He smirks. - You wish. - You can…
Mar 29, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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We can reschedule rush hours
- And with that, dear friends… The presenter pauses dramatically, glancing around the auditorium for added effect. - We can reschedule rush hours. Do I…
Feb 15, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Your drones can't smell the plants?
Late-night deliveries trace neon lines across the sky. She sits beside her brother on the rooftop sofa, their silence punctuated by the whir of pruning…
Jan 4, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Work & Career
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Something to calm my metrics, please
Settling in a counter chair, he hides behind the massive air scrubbing plant. Its BioLume leaves complement the café’s ambient lights. The barista is...
Jan 31
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Pawel Halicki
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My workspace will let you in
After two knocks, he opens the door. The hinge screams through the quiet cabin. Expecting his granddaughter at the desk, he’s surprised to see her on a…
Jan 24
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Pawel Halicki
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It’s time to reconsider your inputs
The workspace pings a collab request. He accepts. Their team lead pops in at the edge of his peripheral vision, her silhouette sharpening as the call…
Jan 11
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Pawel Halicki
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Just refresh your punchline
Annoyed by how loud he’s breathing, he tops the riverbank hill. He stretches, steadies his breathing, and gets back to the mandated two hours of…
Dec 7, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Autonomous & Robotic Systems
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Don’t speedrun your potential
The driver’s seat gives him a soft buzz. Ready for the scenic part, he blinks awake and shakes off the nap. Their transport glides in lane, locking…
Feb 7
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Pawel Halicki
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Your supply chain says no
The morning shift supervisors watch the predictable dance of industrial automation. Most mornings, the show directs itself. This is not most mornings.
Jun 21, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Our deadline requested an enthusiasm extension
Entering their team space, he immediately senses the mood shift. Yesterday's energetic ceiling projections now pulse calmly, nudging everyone into…
May 17, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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The fire won’t start without you
Noticing strangers hurriedly unpacking heavy gear and checking their watches by the reception area, a rush of adrenaline tells him a surprise fire drill…
Apr 12, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Where will we keep our robot?
After the third poke, she finally pulls off her headset and glares at him across the couch. - Hmm? - Have you seen those new humanoid household robots I…
Mar 8, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Mobility & Transport
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Don’t speedrun your potential
The driver’s seat gives him a soft buzz. Ready for the scenic part, he blinks awake and shakes off the nap. Their transport glides in lane, locking…
Feb 7
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Pawel Halicki
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These plants go gold for laughs and deep red for nostalgia
Setting down the gift-wrapped planter on the workbench, he nods at his colleague. The chromaphonic blooms shift to amber, already responding to the…
Jul 19, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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We can reschedule rush hours
- And with that, dear friends… The presenter pauses dramatically, glancing around the auditorium for added effect. - We can reschedule rush hours. Do I…
Feb 15, 2025
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Pawel Halicki
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Happy New Simulation Cycle!
He turns down the train seat’s workspace and stretches with a yawn. - Come again? - Are you done yet? We’re almost there. - No. I’ll need ten more…
Dec 28, 2024
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Pawel Halicki
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