In the fictitious survival competition Squid Game, 456 impoverished people willingly enter a closed system to participate in a number of kid-friendly games with lethal outcomes. After being fully informed that elimination in the game results in death, each participant, who has accrued enormous debt in the real world, consents to play. Each round's survivors compete until one person wins a substantial cash prize that is paid for by the deaths of every other competitor. An organised authority oversees the system, ensuring that all outcomes are solely based on in-game performance, that all players have the same starting conditions (food, shelter, and rules), and that all players are subject to the same regulations. 

Looking West’ prioritises trade and partnerships with Europe and the United States, along with liberal democratic values like human rights and market-based governance. ‘Looking East’ prioritises economic ties with East Asian countries such as Japan and China, alongside state-led development models and more pragmatic or centralised political approaches.

You have died, and are in the afterlife you find yourself face to face with the two great loves of your life. The first is your husband: your most recent love, with whom you spent the majority of your life and had children. He passed away only a few months before you, and remained by your side until the very end. The second is your first love: the person you once planned to spend your entire life with, who tragically died young while the two of you were still together, and waited for you in the afterlife for 60 years.

For the purpose of this debate religious surveillance is a persistent monitoring of the behaviour of followers within a religion. This exists as a heightened expectation to follow a prescribed timeline and bio markers of age in reaching rites of passages such as marriage, child bearing etc. This occurs both in secular and nonsecular states.

In many fictional works, characters receive prophecies predicting their future roles or fates. Examples include Harry Potter, who is told he must face Voldemort to save the wizarding world; Percy Jackson, prophesied to undertake quests involving gods and monsters; and Frodo Baggins in The Lord of the Rings, tasked with destroying the One Ring. These prophecies often arise during times of crisis, where the world faces great threats such as war or apocalypse.

In late 2025, JP Morgan, a leading global financial institution providing investment banking, asset management, and financial services introduced a new policy to start accepting cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum as collateral for institutional clients. This marked a major shift in integrating digital assets into traditional finance methods.