Recently there has been a trend of high-profile journalists, such as Glenn Greenwald (the founder of The Intercept), Matt Taibbi (formerly employed by Rolling Stone), and Matthew Yglesias (the co-founder of Vox) leaving traditional media outlets they were previously affiliated with in order to build their own platforms on Substack, a subscription-based website which hosts independent writers.

For the purposes of this debate, the "globalisation of art" refers to the significant increase in cross-border consumption of cultural products (e.g. movies, TV shows, music, etc.)

Policies of preventing climate change include reducing CO2 emissions, changing energy policy and limiting waste. Policies mitigating climate change include building sea walls, disaster relief mechanisms and altering crops to grow within a different climate

The Black Mirror Effect shows the negative impact of technology on society, often portraying dystopian futures where tech harms or controls people. Examples include Black Mirror, The Matrix, and The Terminator.

Techno-Utopianism depicts a future where technology solves problems and creates a perfect world. Examples include Star Trek, The Jetsons, and The 5th Element, where tech is a force for good.

⁠Under the status quo, US Supreme Court Justices are appointed by the President, subject to cross examination on their legal record and approval by a majority vote of the Senate. They serve until death or voluntary retirement. The majority of state justices are elected by popular vote simultaneous with other state elections and serve for fixed terms. They need to be members of the state bar (qualified to practice law) to run. 

The future of labor refers to demand, employment and the conditions of employment.

Info: The narrative of the American Dream is the belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born, what class they were born into, what one's gender is, can attain their own version of success in America, where upward mobility is possible for everyone. Meritocracy is a core tenet of the American Dream, emphasizing that success is achieved through hard work, rather than by chance.

Respectability politics is a set of beliefs holding that conformity to socially acceptable or mainstream standards of appearance and behaviour will lead them into achieving respect and thus getting better treatment from others.

In the Indian subcontinent, Hijra are eunuchs, intersex people, and transgender people. The members of the Hijra comnunity are often seen as somewhat mythological beings that excel at song and dance, have the power to bless and the power to place hexes. They tend to live in well-defined areas, with most living on the margins of society.

 In March, Niger ended all military cooperation with United States after over 30 years of partnership. In January, Burkina Faso gave France one month to withdraw all its troops as it ended a military partnership that allowed French troops to fight insurgents on its territory.

Private Equity firms invest in and helps manage private businesses that are not listed in stock markets by using money from institutional investors such as pension funds and university endowment funds (eg. Growth Equity Buyout firms such as Blackstone & KKR and Venture Capital Firms such as Sequoia Capital & Accel).

"Dry powder" refers to uninvested cash or easily sellable (liquid) assets that the firm holds in its reserve for future investments. In the last decade, global private equity "dry powder" has grown to over $2.5 trillion in cash or extremely liquid assets

A satellite charter city entails a developing country leasing a parcel of land to a corporation or a developed country. The lessee i.e. corporation and/or a developed country will then build and govern a new city for a pre-determined period of time 

Quantum Enhanced Dictator (Q.E.D.) is a benevolent super-intelligence created by the Council of Experts, which includes Rishabh (Electronics Expert), Snigdha (Biotechnology Expert), Vishwa (Policy Expert), and Yasho (Computers Expert). Q.E.D.'s sole purpose is to maximize collective utility by making all decisions—from individual life choices to global policies. This AI governs the world, ensuring that every action and policy is optimized for what it defines as the "greatest good."