Debate Motions
This year, debates will follow a no-device policy, meaning scholars will have to rely entirely on their curriculum knowledge. All of these motions are taken from topics in the curriculum. We recommend that when you practice with these motions, you also avoid using devices to simulate real debate conditions.
Resolved: Global indexes and rankings only fuel discontent and misunderstanding (Unit: Progress, Not Regress)
Resolved: Ethical compromises are necessary for breakthrough innovation (Unit: Monkey See, Monkey Prototype)
Resolved: That blaming tourists for local problems is short-sighted (Unit: Call of Duty-Free)
Resolved: That without mass tourism, many countries would collapse (Unit: Call of Duty-Free)
Resolved: That children should be allowed experience dark tourism (Unit: Call of Duty-Free)
Resolved: That Ecotourism does more harm than conventional tourism (Unit: Call of Duty-Free)
Resolved: That programmers who don’t use AI are falling behind (Unit: Monkey See, Monkey Prototype)
Resolved: That obsessing over goals prevents achieving them (Unit: More To Do Than Can Ever Be Listed)
Resolved: That fear of failure drives humanity further than hope ever could (Unit: The End is Nearish)