The city of Omelas is a utopia. Everyone is happy, content with their lives and crime is non-existent in the city. However, the happiness of the city depends on the imprisonment of one child. Locked in a basement, this child is forced to starve and lives in destitute conditions. If this child is freed, the city would be like any other city in the world and face the same problems and issues. Everyone in the city knows about this child's plight being the reason for their utopic conditions. 

EyeBlock is a wearable eye lens technology that 'blocks' out individuals when it detects an individual to be experiencing anger or 'negative' emotions. To be 'blocked' reduces you to a static-y silhouette; where you cannot be heard or seen by the people around you nor can you hear or see them, though you can still inhabit space and manipulate objects. An individual is only 'un-blocked' when their emotions are deemed 'deescalated'. 
This technology is fitted onto individuals at birth and cannot be removed. 

In the distant future, most of the population lives in a high poverty-stricken area known as “The Inland” (97% of population). There is an elite group, though, that is chosen to live in a virtual paradise known as “The Offshore” (only 3% of the population). Every year, each 20-year-old gets a chance to make it to the island paradise by taking a series of tests known as “The Process”. Only 3% percent of the candidates succeed and qualify to leave the impoverished Inland area. There is a rebellion growing from an organisation known as The Cause, who seek to end “The Process” and redistribute Offshore’s wealth. Currently, the Cause's plan is to find a candidate with a high chance of passing, to enter the test and to sabotage it. The plan is to corrupt the data (and potentially delay “The Process"), shutting off the power source and/or to be a person living in the Offshore that would continuously update 'The Cause' and do their missions. You are a 20 year-old that has a high chance of passing “The Process” . Before taking part in “The Process”, a member from 'The Cause' asks you to execute their plan of sabotaging the whole system. You are told that you are their only hope.

Regional courts typically handle cases that pertain to specific geographic regions in a continent, as opposed to national or federal courts that have jurisdiction over an entire country. The exact structure, jurisdiction, and naming of regional courts can vary significantly from one country to another, as legal systems differ around the world. Examples of this include the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights

Jury duty is a way for citizens to participate in the judicial process. Each court randomly selects qualified citizens from counties within the district for possible jury service. All courts use the respective state voter lists as a source of prospective jurors. In India, the K. M. Nanavati case (one on which the film Rustom is based) was the last case decided by a jury trial.

"European sovereignty" is a political ideology that advocates for cutting ties with non-EU states, reducing of international supply chains, focusing on domestic production, independent political decision making, etc.

China is facing economic issues including: deflation, a foreign investment deficit, high youth unemployment, a declining real estate sector, and a reduction in domestic consumption.

You and your partner, both in your mid-twenties, have been in a loving relationship for two years after being friends for a long while. Your partner is planning to take up a job half way around the world. You will not be able to move and you do not know if you will be together in the near future. The only possible way to sustain the relationship is to be in a long distance realtionship. 

Living is a technology which creates a clone of the dead person based on their digital footprint. You can chnage the traits, physical and beyond, through the settings. Once generated, this person will stay with you till you die. The person will remain the same age they died and be capable of perfroming all human actions.

Green growth refers to a development model that aims to foster economic growth while ensuring that it is environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive. Some examples of green growth policies that have been adopted by countries are carbon pricing- placing a fee on emitting and/or offering an incentive for emitting less, renewable energy projects like biofuel plantations or hydroelectric dams, etc

For the purpose of this debate, brand activism includes campaigns by activists aimed at big brand names to enact specific, measurable policy changes (in their corporate structure) aimed towards sustainability, such as reducing carbon emissions, eliminating single-use plastics, switching to renewable energy sources, etc. Eg. Lush cosmetics actively promoting return programs to aid their pcr (post-consumer recycled) plastic boxes, Unilever's Dove giving up the use of unethically sourced palm oil in their products after being the target of Greenpeace campaigns. 
Taxation is centrally imposed by the state onto corporations and can look like carbon tax, plastic bag tax, water abstraction charges, etc. 

Firms may raise capital to invest, pay off old bonds, or pay for other opersations through borrowing, among other means. They may borrow from banks or through issuing bonds. Bonds are debt contracts between borrowers and lenders stipulating the amount to be borrowed, the interest payment, and the time until repayment

Bonded scholarship programmes in places like Singapore and Malaysia facilitate the ability of students to study abroad at elite universities. These programs are paid for by the state in return for the student being to work for the state for a given period of time (3, 5, 10 years). Students may be bonded to specific departments or just bonded in general. It is possible for students to occasionally default on their bond and pay back the cost of education at a large premium.

A “femme fatale” is a fictional character archetype of a mysterious beautiful and seductive woman whose charms caught her lovers often leading them into compromising deadly traps. A femme fatale usually tries to achieve her goal by using feminine wiles such as beauty charm or sexual allure; often described as an enchantress and seductress who have power over men. In many cases her attitude towards sexuality is intriguing and frivolous. Examples of femme fatale include but are not limited to Selina Kyle (Catwoman) Bond Girl(s) in the James Bond franchise Suzanne Stone from the movie To Die For Jennifer Check from the movie Jennifer’s Body etc.