Can science fiction save the world?

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in the not-too-distant future
in the not-too-distant future soon; in a time not far from now
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w niezbyt odległej przyszłości
dystopian
dystopian describes a future situation which is very unpleasant
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dystopijne
downside
downside disadvantage; bad point
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Minusem
plausible
plausible with a good possibility of happening
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prawdopodobny, wiarygodny, przekonujący
rally around
rally around come together in support of a cause
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zjednoczyć się
hunts
Mine would probably be Blade Runner – the movie with Harrison Ford set in a dark, scary Los Angeles where he hunts robots called replicants.
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polowania
grand
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wielki
noir
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czarny film (gatunek)
resolve
good stories often have a lot of conflict and problems to resolve.
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resolve in English
rozwiązać
dissolve
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rozpuszczać się
plausible
Sounds very interesting – but is it plausible – could it really happen? Could they really build a tower that big?
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prawdopodobny, wiarygodny, przekonujący
rally around
"It can inspire hundreds, thousands, millions of people to rally around something that they want to do." To rally around something means to come together in support of a cause.
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zjednoczyćsię
invisibility cloaks
Why are people working on, for example, invisibility cloaks? Well, it's Harry Potter, right? That's where they saw it.
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peleryny niewidki

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