Moji Motions

On July 28th, FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) unveiled plans to raise $4.2bn by selling stakes in the running of future tournaments to private investors. UEFA (Union of European Football Associations), which oversees European football, protested that the game “is not FIFA’s to sell”. A source close to UEFA says that if the plan goes ahead, it may boycott future World Cups.

"Techno-pessimism" is the belief that rapid and widespread use of technology in different industries is concerning and often negative. "Techno-optimism" is the belief that technology's impact is always positive and should be widely developed. For example, "techno-pessimists" call on heavy regulation on the research and development of Artificial Intelligence, while "techno-optimists" would call for its usage in various sectors including but not limited to; art, military, criminal policing, judiciary and manufacturing.

Currently, students attending public schools in Vietnam receive an average of 75 vacation days per school year. In comparison, Chinese students receive around 90 days, while French students enjoy approximately 120 vacation days annually.

The Korean Pop industry model (K-Pop) includes but is not limited to: trainees being recruited through competitive auditions and formed into boys/girls groups after strict and tedious training processes; a heavy emphasis on visual and appearance; an extensive market of goods; extensive fan service events and an emphasis on the idol(s) winning weekend music shows or weekly chart countdowns like Inkigayo and M Countdown. The Western Pop industry model shares certain similarities with K-pop such as a mix of different genres, a mix of groups/bands and independent artists, the competitive race in physical albums sales and digital streaming, etc., However, it has a lower Barrier of Entry to new artists, more focus on big awards like Grammy instead of various small music shows and less dependence on fan service events.

Good Samaritan laws are laws that legally require bystanders to assist those in danger, unless doing so would place them at serious risk. Examples of these include giving first aid assistance to a person who is dying, alerting the authorities if you witness a crime etc.

Anti-natalism is the philosophical position that views birth and procreation of sentient beings as morally wrong. Antinatalists therefore argue that humans should abstain, and, possibly, stop other animals from procreating

*To nationalise means to transfer from private or regional ownership and control to state/government ownership and control."

The landlocked and mountainous Laos aims to become the "Battery of Southeast Asia" to boost its economy and escape its prolonged poverty by exporting hydropower electricity harnessed through its dams on the Mekong River system to its richer neighbours. The development plan was financed through loan grants from China and currently has 16 hydropower stations, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam, as downstream (Lower Mekong) countries, are protesting against dams built in China and Laos (Upper Mekong) for contributing to the prolonged drought conditions in the entire Indochina region.

People have 5 primal emotions (Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, Disgust) that imbue their memories and construct their personalities, attitudes, and behaviours. Each person has one dominant emotion. While this does mean that on average the dominant emotion occurs the most, it does not mean they always feel only that one dominant emotion. Rather, it means the dominant emotion always affects other emotions to some extent. For exmaple, even when you feel anger, your dominant emotion that is Disgust can still influence how that anger manifests in a way different from the anger of a person whose dominant emotion is Fear, Currently, people have diverse and different dominant emotions from one another.