Zhenyi · Cultural Counterfactual Lab
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All4perWhat would my life look like if I didn't use any foreign products?
If wealth had a ceiling
If the Grasslands Hadn't Lost to Agriculture
What if the concept of "ordinary people rising above their station" never existed in Chinese culture?
Four Research Directions
Traditional Break
Lifestyles, skills, languages, and rituals that have already vanished or are in the process of disappearing
culture-dependent
Examining modern life's deep reliance on and unconscious assimilation of foreign cultures
Historical Crossroads
Explore counterfactual scenarios of historical events and imagine alternative outcomes.
Intergenerational Succession
Cultural memory, knowledge transmission, and intergenerational breaks between individuals and families
Laboratory Manifesto
Taking things for granted is where imagination stops.
In every "what if,"
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