THP a world where Augmented Eternity is widely accessible
Info Slide
For the purpose of this debate, ‘Augmented Eternity’ refers to a technology which allows individuals to use data from their lifelong online presence to create a ‘digital mind’ that would continue to exist after their death. This digital being would be able to communicate based on predictions it can make from the data it was provided. The digital being is not 'sentient'.
Semifinals
TH supports the rise of xenocentrism in conservative societies.
Info Slide
For the purposes of this debate, xenocentrism refers to a person's active preference for foreign products, services, religions, and cultures, as opposed to those that are domestically found in one's country.
Round 4
THBT it is in the interest of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindano (BARMM) that MinDA should be designated as its primary regulating agency upon the end of the transition period.
Info Slide
The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) is the national government agency created by the Philippine national government to spearhead the socio-economic development of the island group of Mindanao in Southern Philippines. Through the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, and after the transition period ends, the Bangsamoro region of Mindanao will be granted significant political and economic autonomy by the Philippine National Government. Recently, President Bongbong Marcos declared that the transition period will end by 2024 and will no longer be extended.
Round 3
THS the rise of protectionism in developed countries
Round 2
THBT the LGBTQ+ movement should celebrate other forms of stigma management beyond coming out of the closet
Info Slide
For the purpose of this debate, stigma management are strategies adopted by queer individuals to either conceal or disclose their identities to avoid or minimize social stigma (e.g., passing off as cisgender, fabricating a heterosexual identity, being sexually ambiguous).
Round 1
TH, as a recently graduated high school student, would take up a bonded government scholarship
Info Slide
Bonded scholarship programmes in places like Singapore and Malaysia facilitate the ability of students to study abroad at elite universities. These programs are paid for by the state in return for the student being "bonde"" to work for the state for a given period of time (3, 5, 10 years) Students may be bonded to specific departments or just bonded in general. It is possible for students to occasionally default on their bond and pay back the cost of education at a large premium.