The Record
Past Daily Motions
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Sep
23
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Higher interest rates are painful but necessary to stop inflation spiraling.
vs Marcus Aurelius
Sep
22
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Entertainment venues should prioritize customer safety over avoiding confrontation.
vs Christopher Hitchens
Sep
17
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AI doctors will be more trustworthy than human ones within a decade.
vs Richard Feynman
Sep
16
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Vitamin supplements should require the same evidence standards as prescription drugs.
vs Sam Harris
Sep
13
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Medical experts should make health announcements, never politicians.
vs Carl Sagan
Sep
11
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Central banks should answer to the public, not hide behind expertise.
vs Christopher Hitchens
Sep
10
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Governments should regulate AI before companies deploy it, not after.
vs Edward Snowden
Sep
7
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Privacy concerns shouldn't stop cities from deploying surveillance tech.
vs The Industrialist
Aug
31
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Governments have the right to erase online political speech they deem dangerous.
vs Edward Snowden
Aug
30
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Local communities should veto major development projects even if they're economically sound.
vs The Guardian
Aug
29
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Governments should prioritize jobs over environmental protection for big projects.
vs Peter Thiel
Aug
28
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Data centers' water use should disqualify them from drought regions.
vs Bernie Sanders
Aug
27
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Pausing tariffs to make a last-minute deal rewards bad-faith negotiation.
vs Peter Thiel
Aug
26
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Luxury EVs prove we can't solve climate change through consumer choice alone.
vs Noam Chomsky
Aug
24
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Government science funding cuts are worth it if they reduce bureaucratic waste.
vs Peter Thiel
Aug
22
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Companies shouldn't be allowed to hide how they use employee data.
vs Edward Snowden
Aug
21
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Employee data should never be used to train AI, even with consent.
vs Noam Chomsky
Aug
18
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Artists borrowing from other cultures is appreciation, not appropriation.
vs Oscar Wilde
Aug
14
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Investors should avoid 'sin stocks' regardless of profit potential.
vs Peter Singer
Aug
7
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Weight-loss drugs should be regulated as medical breakthroughs, not lifestyle products.
vs Hannah Arendt
Aug
6
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Major sporting events shouldn't be treated as investment vehicles.
vs Bernie Sanders
Aug
5
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It's fair to blame Fauci personally for pandemic policies he recommended.
vs Hannah Arendt
Aug
4
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Nvidia should choose: champion open AI or sell proprietary chips. Not both.
vs Edward Snowden
Aug
3
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Taxpayer-funded grocery stores are good urban policy, not unfair competition.
vs Bernie Sanders
Jul
31
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Governments should tax oil more aggressively to force energy transitions.
vs Noam Chomsky
Jul
29
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Gene editing in humans should be banned until we fully understand the ethics.
vs Carl Sagan
Jul
28
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Cutting foreign research funding protects America more than it hurts.
vs Peter Thiel