Recently a large 5.9 million tonne
lithium deposit has been discovered in Reasi in Jammu & Kashmir. Lithium is an rare metal that is needed for electrical batteries and is fairly expensive. However, the mining of Lithium can be an extremely environmentally damaging process and changes the landscape of an area dramatically.

Historically several groups have called for the boycott of Israel. Such as the Arab League calling for total non-engagement with Israel in economic and political terms. The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) have called for the academic,cultural and economic boycott of Israel. These groups have purported theidea that the Boycott of Israel should not cease until Israel meets its obligation under international law. This boycott has been met with fierce opposition within Israel and the broader jewish community across the world.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation was created in 1949. It was created to serve as a counterbalance to USSR (the Soviet Union) and act as a military force to defend the West (the West being Western Europe and North America). The NATO acted as a military force defending western interests and acting as a mutual defence force (in case one country is attacked it is considered as an attack on all member states).

Currently a large number of houses in European Metropolitan cities serve as Airbnb/other equivalents accomodation. Cities like Paris, Amsterdam and Rome ie cities with a large number of tourists have a lucrative market for homeowners to give their property on holiday rentals. This has however led to problems within these cities.

Neighbourhoods in large Cities in Colombia are accorded a socio-economic stratum score between 1-6 (1 being the least and 6 being the highest). The higher the score the better the neighbourhood and amenities.
Likewise lower Strata housing are much simpler but significantly cheaper than higher strata housing. The cost of goods and services and the costs of living also vary by stratum, with them being very cheap and subsidised in Stratum 1 and extremely expensive in Stratum 6. The homeless are not factored into the stratum system and govt housing for homeless is not part of the stratum system.

Independent Special districts are wherein a district is functionally governed and administered by a corporation. This generally includes the ability to clear building projects, manage economic and tourism affairs. The corporation pays for public services in the area and is taxed by the county/district it is in, so that it can function as a independent special district. In exchange the corporation has considerable autonomy in how it runs the special district provided that it does not engage in illegal or unconstitutional activities. This has recently been in the news due to the controversy surrounding the removal of the independent special district status of Reedy Creek more commonly known as Disney District due to it being governed by Disney and housing Disney World Florida. Disney lost it's special district status due to opposing Florida's ban on teaching anything related to sexual orientation or gender ident

After getting elected to office, president Lula of Brazil has pushed for a common Latin American currency proported to function much like the EUs Euro.

In status quo, the valuation of IPOs aka Initial Public Offerings are set by the merchant bank/investment bank which is underwriting the IPO. They take into account a variety of factors when doing so, but the process is somewhat opaque.

Income sharing agreements refers
to agreements between a loan
provider and a prospective
student wherein they agree to give
a portion of their income every
month once they begin to earn
above a certain amount.

Mary is a scientist who exists in a black and white world where she has extensive access to physical descriptions of color, but no actual perceptual experience of color. Many black and white books and TV programmes have taught her all there is to know about colour vision. Mary knows facts like the structure of our eyes and the exact wavelengths of light that stimulate our retinas when we look at a light blue sky. One day, Mary escapes her monochrome room, and as she walks through the grey city streets, she sees a red apple for the first time.

Isaiah Berlin proposed an intellectual framework wherein thinkers are classified into 2 broad categories; hedgehogs, who view the world through the lens of a single defining idea and foxes, who draw on a wide variety of experiences and for whom the world cannot be boiled down to a single idea.
Examples of Hedgehogs: Plato, Karl Marx, Ayn Rand, Winston Churchill, Bernie Sanders
Examples of Foxes: Aristotle, Benjamin Franklin, Shakespeare, Warren Buffett, Barack Obama

Master–slave morality is a central theme of Friedrich Nietzsche's works, particularly in the first essay of his book On the Genealogy of Morality. Nietzsche argues that there are two fundamental types of morality: "master morality" and "slave morality". Master morality values pride, wealth, fame and power, while slave morality values kindness, empathy, and sympathy. Master morality judges actions as good or bad (e.g. the classical virtues of the noble man versus the vices of the rabble), unlike slave morality, which judges by a scale of good or evil intentions (e. g. Christian virtues and vices, Kantian deontology). (Ancient Greek society embodies master morality and Judaeo-Christian societies embody slave morality according to Nietzsche)

"A small fold of tissue called the cingulate gyrus in the medial part of the brain is involved in processing emotions and behavior regulation.
A group of scientists have discovered that stimulation of this region with electric impulses can alter the decision making process to control aggressive behaviour, emotional responses."