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  • This house would choose to stay in the show

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    **You are a man in your mid-30s. You work for a job that you love, are married to a woman you love, and have a supportive community of friends. One day, you drive to work, and you accidentally deviate from your typical route, which exposes radio transmissions that comment on your every move. Freaked out, you entered a random building, and saw the backstage of a TV set. You start to become suspicious of everything, including the relationship you have with your wife and friends. When you lashed out at your wife, she mistakenly admits she and every person around you are paid actors and actresses. At this point, the director of the TV show approaches you and explains the situation you are in. From the moment of your birth, you have been the star of a famous and globally-recognized TV show based on your life without your knowledge. There is a group of writers who predetermine every important event in your life. All of the people you've interacted with are paid actors. Your so-called community turns out to merely be a TV set. The director gives you a choice: to stay in the TV show, or experience the outside world for the first time. If you decide to leave, as part of the deal with the director, you must forego all ability to sue or gain compensation from the company, and you are required to rename yourself, change your appearance, and live in a remote community as an average person. If you decide to stay, you must sign a contract that puts you in this job forever.**

    Athena: The Fundraiser Debate · Grand Final · 2024-11-08

  • This house would prefer a world where all individuals had access to their own life statistics.

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    ‘Life statistics’ is a technology that constantly tracks statistics about an individual's observable behavior and actions throughout their life. It requires no manual input or involvement from the individual and is consistently live, updating, and is aware of all actions an individual engages (e.g. time spent doing specific activities, number of instances an action has been done, and other trends in behavior).

    Athena: The Fundraiser Debate · Round 3 · 2024-11-08

  • This House would pursue a career as a professional sports player

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    You are the child of a professional sports star who is considered the greatest of all time in their sport. You have shown aptitude and skill in the same sport, to the degree that you could sustain your own professional career.

    BDC-NSU Pro Ams 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-11-07

  • This House prefers a world where all individuals had access to their own life statistics.

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    ‘Life statistics’ is a technology that constantly tracks statistics about an individual's observable behavior and actions throughout their life. It requires no manual input or involvement from the individual and is consistently live, updating, and is aware of all actions an individual engages (e.g. time spent doing specific activities, number of instances an action has been done, and other trends in behavior).

    BDC-NSU Pro Ams 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-07

  • This house supports the actions of the Radical Technodystopian movement.

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    The Radical Technodystopian movement uses cyberattacks to advocate for the idea that rapid technological advancement is dangerous to society. The group employs system intrusions, data theft, communication interception, and exploitation of vulnerabilities to highlight the risks associated with these technologies.

    Condeb ProAM 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-11-03

  • This house would accept the offer

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    "Love Island" is a popular TV dating show where singles, or "islanders," live in a tropical villa and must form romantic connections to stay in the competition. They initially couple up based on attraction, with the option to switch partners during "re-coupling." Islanders compete in challenges to test their compatibility, and new arrivals often disrupt existing relationships. Eliminations occur through public voting by viewers or if someone is left single after re-coupling. The winning couple takes home a £100,000 prize. Participants stay in the villa for up to 8 weeks, with all expenses covered. You are a young, single adult living in Manchester. The producers of Love Island have uniquely offered you to participate in the upcoming season.

    Manchester Novices 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-11-02

  • This house regrets the rapid expansion of neobanks in the financial sector

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    Neobanks (e.g. Chime, N26) are financial institutions that offer banking services entirely online. Neobanks have no physical branches, and are legally classified as fintech entitites rather than licensed banks.

    Yale Intervarsity 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-11-02

  • This house prefers a world where all individuals have access to their own life statistics.

    Infoslide

    Life statistics’ is a technology that constantly tracks statistics about an individual's observable behavior and actions throughout their life. It requires no manual input or involvement from the individual and is consistently live, updating, and is aware of all actions an individual engages (e.g. time spent doing specific activities, number of instances an action has been done, and other trends in behavior).

    Dulwich Schools 2024 · Gold Final · 2024-10-26

  • This house opposes the celebrification of political figures

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    "Celebrification" is the process by which individuals outside the field of entertainment are transformed into celebrities. They are treated and covered by the media and public not just for their professional roles but also for their personal lives, appearances, charisma, and personal brand, often gaining fan followings akin to entertainment celebrities. This can include meme-ifying politicians and involving them in ongoing trends. Some examples are Kamala Harris' "brat summer", Ed Davey "living the meme" during his election campaign, Nigel Farage's appearances on "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!", and Alexanda Occasio-Cortez streaming Among Us.

    SSDC Bogwall Novices 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-10-26

  • That we should ban parental monitoring apps

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    Parental monitoring apps allow parents to track children's location or device activity. Examples include Life360, which allow family members to check each other's locations, or Bark which provides parents with reports on their children's messaging and browsing history. Parental monitoring apps do not include apps which only restrict screentime or the content children can see.

    Junior IDC 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-10-25

  • This house prefers a world where everyone is born with 'Device X'.

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    Device X is an implant that will be in your brain hippocampus. This device will give you the power to completely delete memories that you don't want to retain at anytime only by your own choice. Once deleted that memory cannot be restored again. This device cannot be removed at any point of time in your life.

    Seri Iskandar Debate Open 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-10-21

  • This house prefers a world where all states implement the Good Citizen Factor

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    The Good Citizen Factor refers to a holistic system of data collection and evaluation designed to monitor and influence individuals' behavior based on their social and economic activities. It tracks citizens' behavior and compliance with laws and regulations including, but not limited to outstanding debt, adherence to laws and regulations, and social behavior (e.g., vices,interactions with others). This data is objectively collected by all relevant authorities (e.g., police, corporations, civilian reports), and is recorded ina public centralized database.The scores can affect various aspects of life, such as access to loans, job opportunities, and travel privileges. Higher scores may lead to perks (e.g.,lower interest rates), while lower scores could result in penalties orrestrictions. However, under this system, individuals are given personalized tips by the government to increase their scores.

    LUMS Asians 2024 · Round 4 · 2024-10-12

  • This house prefers a world where PsychoPass is used in law enforcement.

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    PsychoPass is a system that monitors citizen’s brain biometrics and calculates the ‘Crime Coefficient’ – a number that is supposed to indicate one’s propensity to commit violent crime. The system can monitor how often an individual thinks about committing a violent crime. The Crime Coefficient can increase and decrease - for example, if someone thinks about committing violent crime frequently one day, their Crime Coefficient will go up, but if they do not do so at all the next day, it will decrease. When someone’s Crime Coefficient crosses an accepted threshold, authorities will be alerted and this individual can be apprehended. In addition, police officers’ weapons are equipped with Crime Coefficient scanners which show any target’s Crime Coefficient in real time. For the purposes of the debate, the PsychoPass can only measure propensity to violent crime (rather than any other crimes, or any unrelated thoughts or emotions), and law enforcement cannot fabricate or alter anyone's Crime Coefficient in any way.

    LUMS Asians 2024 · Grand Final · 2024-10-12

  • This house regrets the rise of educational ratings websites such as 'Rate My Professor'

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    Rate My Professor is a platform for university students to list, rate, and review their professors, based on the “overall quality” and “level of difficulty”. Students can also post additional information or comments (eg. if attendance was mandatory, what grade they received in the course).

    Sofia Open 2024 · Round 1 · 2024-10-11

  • This House regrets the rise in citizen journalism

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    Citizen journalism, also known as collaborative media, participatory journalism, democratic journalism, guerrilla journalism or street journalism, is based upon public citizens playing an active role in the process of collecting, reporting, analyzing, and disseminating news and information.

    Debutant 9.0 Freshers APD 2024 · Round 2 · 2024-10-09

  • This house, as the U.S., would focus on expanding policy that attempts to combat the supply channels of illegal drugs (e.g. reinforcing border controls, crackdowns on amateur labs) rather than expanding policy that attempts to combat their distribution (e.g. police entrance to areas of drug commerce, online tracking of interactions between dealers and buyers)

    Western Intervarsity 2024 · Round 3 · 2024-10-05