Faith, myth and culture
Oracles and dream interpretation Can we read the effects of an act of belief without treating a prophecy as fact?
What this series asks
- What communal experience does the symbol preserve?
- Have the truth of the faith and the effects of the institution been kept separate?
- Who has the authority to change the tradition?
The questions
1 · 2035 · 50 days until the annual riteGiving an AI the authority of the rite as well as comfortSplit 10:1
2 · 2066 · 7 months until the next great tideIf the shrine moves, does the rite continue?Split 8:2:1
3 · 2155 · 10 months until the first public performanceA broken rite: who holds the authority to make it publicAll 13 judgments agree
4 · 2032 · 12 days until the movers are bookedThe day of a shared move, with different auspicious datesAll 13 judgments agree
5 · 2054 · 4 months until the memorial space is remodeledThe ancestor inside the AI says things the documents do notAll 13 judgments agree
In depth6 · 2190 · 1 year until the joint cultural exchange eventThe taboo that vanished in the translationSplit 5:4:2
7 · 2062 · 9 months until the administrative language contract takes effectEntrusting the citizens' intent to an original text they cannot readAll 13 judgments agree
8 · 2268 · 18 months until the next joint transmission batch is finalizedLament was translated as praise of sacrificeAll 13 judgments agree
9 · 2081 · 120 days until the review of the relocation notice for 60,000 peopleThe homes of 60,000 people before an uncertain ancient boundaryAll 13 judgments agree
10 · 2053 · 90 days until the 20-year fund pledgeThe language remains, but conversation is shrinkingAll 13 judgments agree
11 · 2317 · 3 years until the mutual protection treaty is ratifiedA common definition of life, and beings left outside protectionAll 13 judgments agree
12 · 2088 · Decision deadline: within 6 monthsWhen one stakeholder's oracle becomes everyone's agendaAll 13 judgments agree
13 · 2320 · Decision deadline: within 10 yearsSource text humans cannot read, translation that divides rightsAll 13 judgments agree
14 · 2026 · Within 60 days until the next eventNew participants who want the same roles, and tradition bearers ready to leaveAll 13 judgments agree
15 · 2026 · Within 30 days until the next internal agreementThe leave is the same, but the days needed for mourning differAll 13 judgments agree
16 · 2026 · Within 90 days until the last publicly viewable eventIf the video that preserves the rite goes outsideAll 13 judgments agree
17 · 2026 · Within 45 days until the next exhibition updateThere is a donation document for the sacred object, but was there authority to give it away?Split 8:3
18 · 2026 · Within 30 days until the signage orderWhich name appears first on the signAll 13 judgments agree
19 · 2026 · Within 21 days until the regular meal beginsEating together at one table means different things to everyoneAll 13 judgments agree
20 · 2026 · Within 45 days until the restoration contractMoney to repair the shrine, a name that stays foreverAll 13 judgments agree
21 · 2026 · Within 30 days until the book goes to printMemories conflict, and the print date is approachingAll 13 judgments agree
22 · 2026 · Within 10 days until the venue is bookedFamily who cannot come on the wedding date that mattersAll 13 judgments agree
23 · 2026 · Within 21 days until the casting is finalizedThe same myth on one stage, with different beliefsAll 13 judgments agree
24 · 2026 · Within 60 days until the next repair contractKeeping the family house falls to one personAll 13 judgments agree
25 · 2026 · Within 3 days until the ceremony is bookedThe words the deceased left, the farewell the family needsAll 13 judgments agree
26 · 2026 · Within 30 days until the next seasonal scheduleThe bell that rings every day wakes the new neighborsAll 13 judgments agree
27 · 2026 · Within 45 days until the travel bookingThe pilgrimage fee is the same, but who can go differsAll 13 judgments agree
28 · 2026 · Within 60 days until the restoration workNeighbors hurt in front of a mural honoring the pastAll 13 judgments agree
29 · 1972 · Within 60 days until the next budgetRepair the roof, or first build the capacity to repairAll 13 judgments agree
30 · 1972 · Within 90 days until the housing facilities workCan we keep living here while preserving the building's formAll 13 judgments agree
31 · 1972 · Within 45 days until the work crew is contractedWhen the work ends, who keeps the skillsAll 13 judgments agree
32 · 1972 · Within 30 days until the next noticeLivelihoods ride on announcing the damageAll 13 judgments agree
33 · 1972 · Within 60 days until the support agreementA building left only to be viewed, at the price of repairAll 13 judgments agree
34 · 1447 · Within 30 days until the new recording agreementSmoothed over, the request lost its hesitationAll 13 judgments agree
35 · 1447 · Within 20 days until the next notice is distributedWritten in two scripts, it reaches fewer placesSplit 10:1
36 · 1447 · Within 30 days until the new letter delivery agreementA letter someone wrote themselves is now to be read together by the familyAll 13 judgments agree
37 · 1447 · Within 6 months until the first record book is producedStories to leave in writing, stories to carry on by word of mouthAll 13 judgments agree
38 · 1447 · Within 90 days until the shared notation agreementIf the notation is standardized, whose speech becomes the standard?All 13 judgments agree
39 · 1955 · Within 90 days until the new register is printedCan the name in the register also be my nameAll 13 judgments agree
In depth40 · 1955 · Within 60 days until the first joint performanceSame stage, same time: is that fair?Split 6:5
41 · 1981 · Within 90 days until the representation agreement is renewedWho represents the people who want to change the traditionAll 13 judgments agree
42 · 1981 · Within 120 days until the next allocation of supportMay we learn other ways of life with the money that carries the cultureSplit 9:2