"Cut-off culture" refers to the norm of removing individuals - often friends, partners, or family - from our lives. This generally includes messaging on what practices are considered irredeemable, with the use of terms like "toxic" or "problematic".

In the far future, Earth is about to be wiped out and humanity is only able to send a small team of colonists to another earth-like planet to restart civilisation. For the purpose of this debate, assume that the colonists reach the planet safely.

Virtue ethics is a way of thinking about right and wrong that focuses on good character. It emphasizes acting in ways that reflects positive traits like honesty, courage, and kindness.

Utilitarian frameworks think about right and wrong by maximizing outcomes, usually defined as the greatest overall well-being of utility for affected parties.

An AGI or artificial general intelligence refers to a type of artificial intelligence that has the ability to understand, learn, and apply knowledge across a ride range of tasks at a level equal to or beyond that of a human without specifically being programmed to.

The Quad are a security alliance consisting of Australia, India, Japan and the United States. They first convened in 2017 with further meetings in the coming years and have regularly engaged in joint-military exercises, especially in the South China Sea. More countries have been looking to ally themselves and partner with the Quad, namely New Zealand and South Korea. China has actively condemned the actions of the Quad, citing it to be "NATO imperialist" and has responded with military exercises of their own.

"The TRIPS agreement is an international agreement administered by the WTO that sets minimum standards for various forms of intellectual property regulation (IP), including copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets; and standardizes the enforcement procedure of IP internationally.

TRIPS applies to all members of the WTO and adherence to it is required by all of them."