Oldham Cup 2024

2024-06-01 · WSDC

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Oldham Cup 2024 (2024)9 motions

Round 0This House would require all world maps to be drawn using equal-area projections
Round 1TH, as a vegan advocacy group, would focus advocacy on the environmental impacts of eating meat rather than on animal suffering.
Round 2THS the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used in the criminal justice system.
Round 3THS the rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) being used in the criminal justice system.
Round 4THBT developing countries should adopt English as the primary language of instruction in schools
Round 5THBT governments should be able to access all encrypted user communications and data on tech platforms (e.g., Google, Apple, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc.)
Round 6In authoritarian countries, THBT opposition movements should work within the system to reform the regime (e.g., lobbying, vote-trading, introducing court challenges), as opposed to working towards regime change (e.g., publicly criticising the government, engaging in mass protests, military coups).
Round 7THP a world where 'black and white' children's media is predominant, over a world where 'grey' children's media is predominant.
Round 8THO the aggressive adoption of free market policies in developing countries (e.g., removal of import tariffs, removal of protectionist policies for local industries, incentives for foreign companies to enter the country).

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T-7Read the roomGo through this page once so nothing on the day surprises you.
T-6Work through "Weighing arguments"Foundations for Philosophy motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-6Work through "Generating arguments"Foundations for Technology motions, the biggest slice of what gets set here.Open the lesson ›
T-5Prep sprint: one Philosophy motion, 15 minutes, full caseMechanism, actors, weighing. Time it like the real thing.Pull a motion ›
T-4Case-prep past motions this tournament actually setStart with: This House would require all world maps to be drawn using equal-area projectionsMotion archive below ›
T-3One practice round with a partner or clubmateAsk for a Philosophy motion and your weaker bench.
T-2Second sprint: TechnologyPull a motion ›
T-1Light review and logisticsReread the numbers above, check the schedule, sleep. No new material the night before.

70.7 avg speaker score

Most speakers land between 69.4 and 72.0.

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Top speaker pace 73.3

Top-10 pace 72.3

Top-20 pace 72.0

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