The American Dream is a national ethos of the United States, a belief that anyone, regardless of where they were born or what class they were born into, can attain upward mobility and their own version of success. The American Dream is believed to be achieved through sacrifice, risk-taking and hard work.

For the purposes of this debate, 'activist scholarship' refers to research which is openly conducted in cooperation with, or with the explicit purpose to assist, social movements with their causes.

The East African Federation (EAF) is a proposed new sovereign state, formed from the existing seven states of the East African Community (Burundi, DR Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda). A draft constitution is currently being written, with proposed implementation in the next few years.

The Paradise is the realm where the truly good people of Earth go when they die and enter their next stage of existence. The Paradise is considered to be actual, infinite perfection; anyone can see or do anything they want to do, regardless of scale, difficulty or complexity. The standards to entry are high and, although there is no cut-off to capacity, only a small proportion of people manage to access it.