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Flight A (5 Topics)

1. Policy: Colleges should eliminate standardized tests from all admissions decisions.

2. Value: Fast fashion does more harm than good.

3. Policy: The United States should adopt a four-day workweek as the national standard.

4. Value: Curiosity is a more important trait for students than discipline.

5. Fact: Misinformation spread on social media platforms is the primary threat to modern democratic processes.

Flight B (5 Topics)

6. Policy: Colleges and universities should eliminate legacy admissions policies.

7. Value: Self-expression is a greater good than social cohesion.

8. Policy: The international community ought to establish a global body to regulate deep-sea mining.

9. Value:  Surveillance capitalism poses a greater moral threat than government surveillance.

10. Fact: Affirmative action policies improve long-term educational outcomes.

Speaker 1

Flight A (5 Topics)

Policy: The United States ought to implement a national policy of universal basic income.

Value: Reparations for historical injustices are a moral necessity.

Policy: The United States ought to prohibit the development of lethal autonomous weapons systems.

Value: In the criminal justice system, rehabilitation is more important than retribution.

Fact: On balance, the use of Artificial intelligence hurts the arts.

Flight B (5 Topics)

Policy:The United States ought to forgive all federal student loan debt.

Value: Artists should pursue their art even if it’s not commercially viable. 

Policy: The federal government ought to nationalize the production of essential medicines.

Value: Philanthropy does more harm than good.

Fact: Human activities are a greater risk to the planet than asteroids. 

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Flight A (5 Topics)

Policy: The U.S. federal government should implement nationwide regulations for data privacy.

Value: Economic sanctions are an immoral form of foreign policy intervention.

Policy:The European Union should establish a unified military defense force.

Value: Mandatory voting laws do more harm than good. 

Fact: Remote work hurts workers more than it helps.

Flight B (5 Topics)

Policy: The United Nations Security Council ought to be expanded to include permanent representation for African nations.

Value: Humanity should prioritize exploration of the oceans over exploration of space.

Policy: Local governments should implement rent control policies to address housing affordability.

Value: In media, objectivity is a superior value to advocacy.

Fact: Genetically modified crops are safe.

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Flight A (5 Topics)

Policy: Congress should enact term limits for Supreme Court justices.

Value: Happiness is a more meaningful life goal than achievement.

Policy: Public universities ought to abolish intercollegiate athletics programs.

Value: Access to the internet is a moral right of all global citizens.

Fact: Celebrity endorsement of political candidates does not substantially impact the election.

Flight B (5 Topics)

Policy: The United States ought to eliminate the Electoral College for presidential elections.

Value: The pursuit of happiness is a greater societal good than the pursuit of stability.

Policy: States should permit supervised drug consumption sites.

Value: The right to protest outweighs the need for public order.

Fact: The arts are essential to a functioning democracy.

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Flight A (5 Topics)

Policy: The U.S. should adopt ranked-choice voting for all federal elections.

Value: Humankind’s greatest ethical obligation is to the preservation of the natural environment.

Policy: The U.S. should dramatically expand high-speed rail infrastructure.

Value: Economic inequality is the most significant form of injustice in modern industrialized society.

Fact: The college degree is losing its value in the modern economy.

Flight B (5 Topics)

Policy: The U.S. should significantly expand nuclear energy production.

Value: Personal authenticity is a greater source of value than social conformity.

Policy: Governments should fully subsidize public transportation to reduce carbon emissions in urban areas.

Value:  General education classes do more harm than good. 

Fact: The benefits of space exploration substantially outweigh the costs associated with it.

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Policy: Cities should ban the construction of new suburban single-family housing developments.

Value: In respect to emerging technologies, it’s better to be cautious than ambitious. 

Policy: The United States should establish government-run grocery stores.

Value: The expansion of legalized sports gambling in the U.S. does more harm than good.

Fact: Meritocracy is a myth.