Law firms traditionally operate by a partnership model where lawyers hold ownership and management positions. Lawyers themselves invest their own capital to fund the firm's operations.

A private equity model would have a private equity firm own and manage a law firm.

For the purposes of this debate, the Whiplash philosophy holds that the most desirable goal in life is to pursue a passion with intensity, which entails making significant sacrifices, acting with discipline, and demanding the utmost from oneself.

For the purposes of this debate, 'fiscal central banking' refers to an economic system that grants central banks the mandate to control circulation of money in the economy through fiscal policy in addition to monetary policy. Under this system central banks can define limitations for the size of the budget, but not its distribution. i.e. they can decide rates for various taxes and limit or increase overall government spending, but can't decide what the money is spent on.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is a U.S. government agency established in 1961. Its primary function is to administer foreign civilian aid. It operates in more than 100 countries and implements programs in areas such as public health, education, economic development, institutional strengthening, humanitarian assistance, and crisis response. Although it has administrative autonomy, its funding and direction are linked to the U.S. Department of State and Congress.

During the Donald Trump administration, significant cuts were implemented to the foreign aid budget. As a result of these cuts and a general restructuring of foreign policy, USAID was dissolved.

In AI‐producing organizations there have been two organizational models:

1. Semi‐for‐profit: Their main goal is scientific research in artificial intelligence and the sharing of their acquired knowledge (papers, code, patents, etc.) with the world. These models may generate profit but always have a maximum cap on returns and a limit to the capital the organization can receive. (Example: OpenAI in its early days)
2. Purely for‐profit: Their goal is to create profitable technology. Investors have greater influence over the company’s direction; there are no caps on their returns, and the company may even be publicly traded. (Example: Anthropic)

The US dollar is widely considered to be the dominant global currency. For example, the daily turnover of USD on the foreign exchange is 6 billion dollars, 3 times as much as the Euro, the second most commonly used currency. In recent years, China has been encouraging the use of the Yuan internationally, for example by pushing Belt and Road member states to hold Yuan in their foreign reserves, selling bonds, and providing support to encourage yuan-denominated cross-border transactions.

Tom and Max are conjoined twins since birth. They cannot be separated otherwise both of them would die. Max has always been mischievous whereas Tom has been practicing righteousness throughout his life. One day Max committed a horrible crime despite multiple attempts by Tom to stop him.