There is something off about the sky. Strange colours streak the horizon at sunset – just subtly enough that you wouldn’t notice unless you looked — and the stars that roam the night sky are doing so off cadence. A certain rhythm seems to have jolted. But it’s possible I...
The alarm rings — gentle, cascading sounds, increasing gradually in volume, to softly rouse you from your REM cycle. The sound radiates from micro-speakers distributed around your room; the 360° soundscape makes it sound like the walls are singing, beckoning you to take on a new day. You wake up...
There is something off about the sky. Strange colours streak the horizon at sunset – just subtly enough that you wouldn’t notice unless you looked — and the stars that roam the night sky are doing so off cadence. A certain rhythm seems to have jolted. But it’s possible I am hallucinating; that the apparently transforming elements are nothing more than the imminent effects of War on a simple mind.
I used to look at the stars, 86 billion sparkling orbs, to feel awe, magic. In a radically inconsistent world they are the only things I know to be true. But today they loom large and sinister, and I begin to wonder which... (read 1210 more words →)
The alarm rings — gentle, cascading sounds, increasing gradually in volume, to softly rouse you from your REM cycle. The sound radiates from micro-speakers distributed around your room; the 360° soundscape makes it sound like the walls are singing, beckoning you to take on a new day.
You wake up rejuvenated, and peel off the neuro-pellets from the side of your head, that quietly stimulated delta-waves in your brain through the stages of deepest sleep, accelerating cognitive regeneration while you explored a different world — one that hasn’t been touched by humans yet.
“Aliza, play today’s Robinhood Snacks podcast,” you tell your voice-enabled smart-home device, one that you built yourself in minutes from a... (read 778 more words →)