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Apr 21 2023
Johanna Costigan
MarketsTechnologySocietyCultureShanzhai knockoff culture might kill ‘innovation’. Long live invention!
Forgery nurtures invention. As it spreads globally, “shanzhai” culture may cure us of our preoccupation with innovation and authorship. We could well become creators again.
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