Motions

Open Quarter Finals

  • 1
    M1: This House regrets the dominant prioritization of star power over talent in choosing main characters in Asian entertainment industry
  • 2
    M2: This House prefers maximalism to minimalism in art (e.g., artworks, movies, music, literature)
  • 3
    M3: This House regrets Bollywood's reproduction of regional media (films, songs, etc.)
  • Novice Semi Finals

  • The motions for this round have not been released.
  • Round 5

  • 1
    A) This House opposes the popular use of "Deal with It!"
  • 2
    B) This House opposes the norm of considering humility to be a virtue
  • 3
    C) This House opposes the stigma surrounding the Boomerang generation phenomenon
  • Round 4

  • 1
    In developing countries, this House supports the expansion of shadow banking services
  • 2
    This House supports replacing the U.S. dollar as the global reserve currency with the Euro
  • 3
    This House would require that financial data relevant to the public domain to be managed as an open source system
  • Round 3

  • 1
    This House prefers a world without religious marriage
  • 2
    This House prefers a world in which human beings continue to live alongside the gods
  • 3
    This House believes that universities that have historically been set up by religious orders (Jesuits, Franciscans, Dominicans, Muhammadiyah, etc.) should actively distance themselves from their religious affiliations as opposed to integrating their religious philosophy into their education environments
  • Round 2

  • 1
    A) This House prefers a world where the state monopolizes the development of AI and solely regulates it
  • 2
    B) This House opposes the "move fast, break things" philosophy in the tech sector
  • 3
    C) This House prefers a world with SoulVault
  • Round 1

  • 1
    Assuming that both types of education can be completed without significant issues, as a middle-class student in a developing country, this House would pursue trade/vocational education, as opposed to traditional degrees from associate/grade schools.
  • 2
    This House regrets the dominant use of global university rankings.
  • 3
    This House prefers the graduate model of licensed professions to the undergraduate model