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| Berkeley | 2 | Opponent: Peninsula AB | Judge: Joel Lemuel 1AC - cosmic colonialism |
| Berkeley | 4 | Opponent: HWL NL | Judge: Gerard Grigsby 1AC - cap aff |
| Berkeley | 5 | Opponent: Fairview AK | Judge: Srividhya Venkataraman 1AC - trad |
| Glenbrooks | 2 | Opponent: DTHS HV | Judge: Julian Kuffour 1AC - semiocap |
| Glenbrooks | 3 | Opponent: James Logan RS | Judge: Danielle Dosch 1AC - israel palestine |
| Glenbrooks | 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake ML | Judge: Dhruv Channa 1AC - inequality |
| Harvard-Westlake | 1 | Opponent: Brentwood AR | Judge: Sam McLoughlin 1AC - soft left whole rez |
| Harvard-Westlake | 3 | Opponent: Peninsula KD | Judge: Tim Alderete 1AC - whole rez debris and africa advs |
| Harvard-Westlake | 6 | Opponent: HW LD | Judge: Saketh Kotapati 1AC - cap |
| Milpitas | 4 | Opponent: Nova 42 JH | Judge: Doron Darnov 1AC - COVID insulin |
| Milpitas | 5 | Opponent: St Francis TK | Judge: Jomi Epoyun 1AC - pandemic response innovation |
| Mlipitas | 2 | Opponent: Leland AA | Judge: Sarah Youngquist 1AC - trad ( |
| St Marks | 2 | Opponent: Bishops SR | Judge: John Sims 1AC - cap |
| St Marks | 4 | Opponent: Lexington AK | Judge: Colton Gilbert 1AC - vax ineq indopak |
| St Marks | 5 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: Annabelle Long 1AC - whole res w evergreening adv |
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JF - CP RegulationTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 1 | Opponent: Brentwood AR | Judge: Sam McLoughlin Regulation CPCounterplan: States should create and adopt a new set of flexible regulations concerning responsible space colonization through the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs, focused on issues of governance of space colonies and potential existential risks, including but not limited to revising treaties to allow for private outer space appropriation with taxation paid to the United Nations to be used for redistributive efforts.Current government issues to resolve colony governance are insufficient – as is the OST – but new flexible regulations solveKovic 21 Kovic, Marko. PhD Communication and Media Studies, University of Zurich. "Risks of space colonization." Futures 126 (2021): 102638. ~Quality Control~ Those specific reforms are necessary to encourage space colonization and humanitarian economics– but avoids all terrestrial downsidesIliopoulos and Esteban 20 Iliopoulos, Nikolaos ~University of Tokyo~, and Miguel Esteban ~Waseda University~. "Sustainable space exploration and its relevance to the privatization of space ventures." Acta Astronautica 167 (2020): 85-92. ~Quality Control~ Redistributive economic policy by international institutions solves income inequalityQureshi 20 Qureshi, Zia, visiting fellow in the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institution. He holds a D.Phil. in economics from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. "Tackling the inequality pandemic: Is there a cure?" Brookings, 17 Nov. 2020, www.brookings.edu/research/tackling-the-inequality-pandemic-is-there-a-cure. ~Quality Control~ Economic inequality and diversionary nationalism sparks international conflict due to greater military interventionSolt 11 – Frederick Solt, Ph.D. in Political Science from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, currently Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Iowa, Assistant Professor, Departments of Political Science and Sociology, Southern Illinois at the time of publication ("Diversionary Nationalism: Economic Inequality and the Formation of National Pride," The Journal of Politics, Vol. 73, No. 3, pgs. 821-830, July 2011, Available to Subscribing Institutions) | 1/15/22 |
JF - DA InnovationTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 6 | Opponent: HW LD | Judge: Saketh Kotapati Strong commercial space catalyzes tech innovation – progress at the margins and spinoff tech change global information networksJoshua Hampson 2017, Security Studies Fellow at the Niskanen Center, 1-25-2017, "The Future of Space Commercialization", Niskanen Center, https://republicans-science.house.gov/sites/republicans.science.house.gov/files/documents/TheFutureofSpaceCommercializationFinal.pdf Commercial space has a spillover effect into other sectors and inspires STEM advancementJeff Greenblatt and Al Anzaldua 19, Founder and CEO of Emerging Futures, LLC, an environmental and space technology consultancy based in Berkeley, California. He is also Chief Scientist at Spacexchange, LLC, a collaboration between Emerging Futures and Finsophy Public Benefit Corporation, which provides economic, risk, and market analytics to the space industry. Jeff has a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, and is a well-known expert in the fields of energy analysis, climate policy, and sustainable transportation. Since 2014, he has expanded his focus to include emerging space technologies AND retired US State Department diplomat and 30-plus-year veteran of space advocacy. As a US Foreign Service Officer, he carried out diplomatic and science/environment work, primarily in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Washington, DC. Alfred is the National Space Society Executive Vice President, Chair of the NSS Policy Committee, Deputy Chair of the NSS International Committee, and Tucson L5 Space Society International Relations Coordinator, respectively, 7-29-2019, "The Space Review: How space technology benefits the Earth," The Space Review, http://www.thespacereview.com/article/3768/1 Tech innovation solves every existential threat – cumulative extinction events outweigh the affDylan Matthews 18. Co-founder of Vox, citing Nick Beckstead @ Rutgers University. 10-26-2018. "How to help people millions of years from now." Vox. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/26/18023366/far-future-effective-altruism-existential-risk-doing-good | 1/16/22 |
JF - DA MiningTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula KD | Judge: Tim Alderete Mining DACommercial asteroid mining is coming now – lower costs and improving tech make it economically viable – and the legal basis is already in place in multiple countries– that helps acquire water for rocket fuel and rare earth metalsGilbert 21 ~alex gilbert, is a complex systems researcher and a PhD student in space resources at the Colorado School of Mines. "Mining in Space Is Coming." Milken Institute Review, April 26, 2021, www.milkenreview.org/articles/mining-in-space-is-coming. ~Quality Control~ However, the legal framework that strikes the best balance of providing economic incentives for mining while preventing unbeneficial land claims requires a doctrine of appropriation – the plan prevents thatMeyers 15 Meyers, Ross. J.D. candidate at the University of Oregon Law School. "The doctrine of appropriation and asteroid mining: incentivizing the private exploration and development of outer space." Or. Rev. Int'l L. 17 (2015): 183. Italics in original. ~Quality Control~ Asteroid mining offsets terrestrial growth that ruins the environment and enables solar power satellites – both solve climate changeTaylor 19 Chris Taylor is a veteran journalist. Previously senior news writer for Time.com a year later. In 2000, he was named San Francisco bureau chief for Time magazine. He has served as senior editor for Business 2.0, West Coast editor for Fortune Small Business and West Coast web editor for Fast Company. Chris is a graduate of Merton College, Oxford and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. "How asteroid mining will save the Earth — and mint trillionaires." Mashable, 2019, mashable.com/feature/asteroid-mining-space-economy. ~Quality Control~ Environmental destruction is profoundly unjust – prioritize environmental justice over primarily human concernsCafaro 14 Dr. Philip Cafaro (philip.cafaro@colostate.edu) is Professor of Philosophy at Colorado State University, an affiliated faculty member with CSU's School of Global Environmental Sustainability and Book Review Editor of Elsevier's Biological Conservation journal. His main research interests are in environmental ethics, consumption and population issues, and wild lands preservation. He is the author of Thoreau's Living Ethics and Life on the Brink: Environmentalists Confront Overpopulation, among other books. Dr. Richard B. Primack (primack@bu.edu) is Professor of Biology at Boston University ~go terriers!~ and Editor-in-Chief of Biological Conservation, an Elsevier journal focusing on the protection of biodiversity. His research concerning the effects of climate change on the plants and animals of Massachusetts is the focus of a new book coming out in March titled Walden Warming: Climate Change Comes to Thoreau's Woods. "Species extinction is a great moral wrong." Elsevier Connect, 12 Feb. 2014, www.elsevier.com/connect/species-extinction-is-a-great-moral-wrong. ~Quality Control~ | 1/15/22 |
JF - DA NASA TradeoffTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 1 | Opponent: Brentwood AR | Judge: Sam McLoughlin NASA Tradeoff DANASA is preserving resources by leveraging private partnershipsMiriam Kramer 21, author of Space, "NASA's plans for the future hinge on the success of private companies," Axios, 12-7-2021, https://www.axios.com/nasa-private-spaceflight-plans-5a5710e6-5223-4da3-8c5d-5a712e1d862e.html Plan forces spending trade-offs that crush effective Earth sciences —- risks catastrophic climate changeHaymet 7 (Tony, Director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography – University of California, San Diego, Mark Abbott, Dean of the College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science – Oregon State University, and Jim Luyten, Acting Director – Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, "The Planet NASA Needs to Explore", Washington Post, 5-10, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902451.html) Warming is inevitable but adjusting government policy can address the worst effects – specifically, for sea level rise. US responses are modeled globally.Economist 17, "How government policy exacerbates hurricanes like Harvey," Economist, https://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21727898-if-global-warming-were-not-enough-threat-poor-planning-and-unwise-subsidies-make-floods The impact's global warEric Holthaus 15, editor at rollingstone magazine citing James Hansen, former NASA climatologist, "The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Here," Rolling Stone, accessed 10-23-2016, http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-point-of-no-return-climate-change-nightmares-are-already-here-20150805 | 1/15/22 |
JF - DA RussiaTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 3 | Opponent: Peninsula KD | Judge: Tim Alderete Russia DA====Space cooperation allows Russia to poach international prestige—-that provides critical leverage that enables global authoritarianism.==== That normalizes Russian territorial aggression—-causes nuclear war and extinction.Frederick W. Kagan 19. American resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, and a former professor of military history at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, less famous brother of our favorite neighborhood neocon Robert Kagan "CONFRONTING THE RUSSIAN CHALLENGE: A NEW APPROACH FOR THE U.S.," Institute for the Study of War. June 2019. https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016b-6eef-dc80-a3ff-ffff778c0000 | 1/15/22 |
JF - DA US hegTournament: Harvard-Westlake | Round: 6 | Opponent: HW LD | Judge: Saketh Kotapati US wins space race now due to private competition – its key to space dominance and militarization is good – the plan nukes the US's silver bullet against Chinese aggressionWeichert 21 – former Congressional staff member who holds a Master of Arts in Statecraft and National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. He is the founder of The Weichert Report: An Online Journal of Geopolitics ~Brandon, "The Future of Space Exploration Depends on the Private Sector," 7/5/2021, https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-future-of-space-exploration-depends-on-the-private-sector/~~#slide-1~~ And, space dominance key to global peace – nuclear and conventional deterrence is collapsing, which will provoke civilization-ending revisionist aggression from Russia and ChinaDr. Robert Zubrin 19, Masters in Aeronautics and Astronautics and Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Washington, President of Pioneer Energy, Founder and President of the Mars Society, Senior Fellow with the Center for Security Policy, The Case for Space: How the Revolution in Spaceflight Opens Up a Future of Limitless Possibility, p. Google Books Space dominance solves hegemony – deterrence strategies, even rudimentary ones, are perceived as weakness and causes aggressionWeichert 17 (Brandon J. Weichert. Brandon J. Weichert is a former Congressional staff member who holds a Master of Arts in Statecraft and National Security Affairs from the Institute of World Politics in Washington, D.C. He is the founder of The Weichert Report: An Online Journal of Geopolitics, "The High Ground: The Case for U.S. Space Dominance," Orbis, Vol 61, Issue 2, 2017, pp 227 – 237, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030438717300108) US hegemony prevents great-power conflicts that escalates to nuclear warBrands and Edel 19 (Hal Brands and Charles Edel. Hal Brands is the Henry Kissinger Distinguished Professor of Global Affairs in the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. Charles Edel is a senior fellow at the United States Studies Centre at the University of Sydney and previously served on the U.S. Secretary of State's policy planning staff, "Rediscovering Tragedy. In The Lessons of Tragedy: Statecraft and World Order; Chapter 6: The Darkening Horizon," Yale University Press, pp 128-131 http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvbnm3r9.11) | 1/16/22 |
ND - DA Debt CeilingTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 6 | Opponent: Harvard Westlake ML | Judge: Dhruv Channa DADebt ceiling passes now and solves collapse, but floor time is limited and avoiding new fights is keyZhou 10/7 ~Li, politics and policy reporter for Vox, "The debt ceiling fight is far from over" https://www.vox.com/22711441/debt-ceiling-congress-december~~ Manchin and Sinema would fight the plan – that's a massive floor time suckHarold 21 ~Zack, staf reporter for The Guardian, "US minimum wage activists face their toughest foe: Democrat Joe Manchin" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/feb/22/us-15-dollar-minimum-wage-joe-manchin-west-virginia~~ Debt default is the easiest way to wreck the US economy—ruins the US dollar and financial reputationEgan 9/8 ~Matt Egan is an award-winning reporter at CNN, covering business, the economy and financial markets across CNN's television and digital platforms, "'Financial Armageddon.' What's at stake if the debt limit isn't raised", 9/8/21, https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/business/debt-ceiling-default-explained/index.html~~ ExtinctionJoshua Zoffer 20, Investor at Cove Hill Partners, Fellow at New America, JD Candidate at Yale University Law School, AB from Harvard University, "To End Forever War, Keep the Dollar Globally Dominant", The New Republic, 2/3/2020, https://newrepublic.com/article/156417/end-forever-war-keep-dollar-globally-dominant | 11/21/21 |
ND - DA EconTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: DTHS HV | Judge: Julian Kuffour DABusiness recovery is strong. Business confidence is high.Halloran '9-14 ~Michael; 2021; M.B.A. from Carnegie Mellon University, former aerospace research engineer, Equity Strategist; Janney, "Despite Potential Headwinds, Key Labor Market Indicators Bode Well for the Economy," https://www.janney.com/latest-articles-commentary/all-insights/insights/2021/09/14/despite-potential-headwinds-key-labor-market-indicators-bode-well-for-the-economy~~ Unions devastate growth and worsen inequality – gains for workers shift costs to other parts of the economyEpstein 20 ~Richard A. Epstein Peter and Kirsten Bedford Senior Fellow @ the Hoover Institution. "The Decline Of Unions Is Good News." https://www.hoover.org/research/decline-unions-good-news~~ Recessions cause global crises – ensuring continued growth is keyBaird '20 ~Zoe; October 2020; C.E.O. and President of the Markle Foundation, Member of the Aspen Strategy Group and former Trustee at the Council on Foreign Relations, J.D. and A.B. from the University of California at Berkeley; Domestic and International (Dis)order: A Strategic Response, "Equitable Economic Recovery is a National Security Imperative," Ch. 13~ | 11/20/21 |
ND - K CLSTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 2 | Opponent: DTHS HV | Judge: Julian Kuffour KThe right to strike is a dangerous distraction that prevents the labor movement from challenging systems at the root cause of class inequality and that make it structurally impossible for legal institutions to protect workers. Empirically "right to strike" legislation hamstrings actual strikes via circumventive policies that jail strikers for engaging in theft, violence, etc while allowing for a façade of acceptance and forcing union representation, wages, and economic equality to plummet. The AFF results in scattered, ineffective, and "respectable" strikes and labor disputes re-routed towards legal arbitration while increased legal incorporation results in more tools for the elite to constrain the labor movement — turns case and kills workers' movement writ large. Vote NEG for a "direct endorsement of militancy and a turn away from the law and instead towards a political program that might advance the interests of the working class regardless of what the law might hold"White 18 (Ahmed White – Nicholaus Rosenbaum Professor of Law @ University of Colorado Law School, "Its Own Dubious Battle: The Impossible Defense of an Effective Right to Strike", https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2369andcontext=articles , 2018, pgs. 1065-1073, EmmieeM) There is no strike wave, just media smoke tricks. Empirics on current strike trends and outcomes of "Right to Strike" legislation go heavily NEG – you cannot legalize revolution and all legislation is merely a ruse to constrain the workers' movement through the guise of "legal management"White 18 (Ahmed White – Nicholaus Rosenbaum Professor of Law @ University of Colorado Law School, "Its Own Dubious Battle: The Impossible Defense of an Effective Right to Strike", https://scholar.law.colorado.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2369andcontext=articles , 2018, pgs. 1124-1131, EmmieeM) | 11/20/21 |
ND - T JustTournament: Glenbrooks | Round: 3 | Opponent: James Logan RS | Judge: Danielle Dosch TInterpretation: the aff must defend that a just government should recognize an unconditional RTSJust governments respect libertiesDorn 12 James A. Dorn, Cato Journal, "The Scope of Government in a Free Society", Fall 2012, https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2012/12/v32n3-10.pdf Violation— Israel is quite quite unjust according to the 1ACPrefer –1~ Limits – the function of strikes in just governments like liberal democracies is distinct from those in unjust governments and there are entirely different literature bases. That guts negative preparation and forces me to use generics, putting me at a disadvantage and reducing clashTopicality is a voting issue that should be evaluated through competing interpretations – it tells the negative what they do and do not have to prepare forNo RVIs: you shouldn't win for being topicalDrop the debater: DTA is incoherent because they can't drop the aff | 11/20/21 |
SO - CP EvergreeningTournament: St Marks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: Annabelle Long CPTEXT: The member nations of the World Trade Organization ought toincrease penalties for patent abuse and evergreening fraud in the pharmaceutical industry.====Evergreening links to politics and collapses innovation, BUT the downsides are empirically debunked media hype – shifting enforcement for existing patent law solves abuse without harming pharma==== CP solves the aff while fostering innovation – directly comparative to the affHolman 20 ~Christopher, Professor of Law, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. "Congress Should Decline Ill-Advised Legislative Proposals Aimed at Evergreening of Pharmaceutical Patent Protection" p. 29-30 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3593954~~ | 10/17/21 |
SO - CP IndiaTournament: St Marks | Round: 4 | Opponent: Lexington AK | Judge: Colton Gilbert CPText: The United States should:ramp up domestic manufacturing of the Covid vaccine and donate them to Indiaprovide financial incentives to domestic pharmaceutical companies to facilitate Indian manufacturing through tech transfer | 10/17/21 |
SO - CT EvergreeningTournament: St Marks | Round: 5 | Opponent: Westwood AP | Judge: Annabelle Long Vague standards for new patents are unenforceable and explode costs – the link alone turns case because the plan is unenforceableMadigan and O'Connor 19 ~Kevin Madigan joined CPIP in January of 2016. As Deputy Director, Kevin works closely with CPIP scholars in their research and promotion of comprehensive intellectual property law and policy. Before joining CPIP, Kevin worked as an intellectual property Research Associate at Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner and also interned at the Recording Industry Association of America. Sean O'Connor, noted innovation law scholar, is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. ""No Combination Drug Patents Act" Stalls, but Threats to Innovation Remain." https://cip2.gmu.edu/2019/06/27/no-combination-drug-patents-act-stalls-but-threats-to-innovation-remain/~~ Eliminating evergreening ends the pharmaceutical industry – incremental developments are key to global breakthroughs on emerging pathogensMadigan and O'Connor 19 ~Kevin Madigan joined CPIP in January of 2016. As Deputy Director, Kevin works closely with CPIP scholars in their research and promotion of comprehensive intellectual property law and policy. Before joining CPIP, Kevin worked as an intellectual property Research Associate at Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett and Dunner and also interned at the Recording Industry Association of America. Sean O'Connor, noted innovation law scholar, is a Professor of Law and Faculty Director of the Center for Intellectual Property x Innovation Policy (C-IP2) at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. ""No Combination Drug Patents Act" Stalls, but Threats to Innovation Remain." https://cip2.gmu.edu/2019/06/27/no-combination-drug-patents-act-stalls-but-threats-to-innovation-remain/~~ It tips the entire industry into insolvencyGloberman and Lybecker 14 ~Steven Globerman is Resident Scholar and Addington Chair in Measurement at the Fraser Institute as well as Professor Emeritus at Western Washington University. Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker – Chair of the Department of Economics and Business, Colorado College. "The Benefits of Incremental Innovation FOCUS ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY The Benefits of Incremental Innovation FOCUS ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY." https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/benefits-of-incremental-innovation.pdf~~ Weakening IP encourages imitation, not innovation – it removes the financial incentive to inventGloberman and Lybecker 14 ~Steven Globerman is Resident Scholar and Addington Chair in Measurement at the Fraser Institute as well as Professor Emeritus at Western Washington University. Kristina M.L. Acri, née Lybecker – Chair of the Department of Economics and Business, Colorado College. "The Benefits of Incremental Innovation FOCUS ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY The Benefits of Incremental Innovation FOCUS ON THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY." https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/benefits-of-incremental-innovation.pdf~~ | 10/17/21 |
SO - DA ChinaTournament: Milpitas | Round: 4 | Opponent: Nova 42 JH | Judge: Doron Darnov DA – ChinaThe US still leads the world in pharmaceutical innovation, but China's catching up – to keep the advantage, we need to maintain our strong IP frameworkEzell 20 – Ezell, Stephen, 16 July 2020, "Ensuring U.S. Biopharmaceutical Competitiveness," Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, https://itif.org/publications/2020/07/16/ensuring-us-biopharmaceutical-competitiveness Stephen Ezell is vice president, global innovation policy, at the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). He focuses on science and technology policy, international competitiveness, trade, manufacturing, and services issues. Ezell holds a B.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, with an honors certificate from Georgetown's Landegger International Business Diplomacy program. ~Harker KB~ Reducing IP rights guts US pharmaceutical innovation and leadership – profit incentive is key to undertaking the risks.James M. Roberts, PhD Candidate, 21 ~PhD Candidate in Public Policy @ VA Tech, MA International and Development Economics from Yale, MA Business Administration from the University of Pittsburgh, Research Fellow For Economic Freedom and Growth @ Heritage~, "Biden's OK of Global Theft of America's Intellectual Property Is Wrong, Dangerous," Heritage Foundation, 6-25-2021, https://www.heritage.org/public-health/commentary/bidens-ok-global-theft-americas-intellectual-property-wrong-dangerous C.VC Chinese biotech leadership risks planetary catastrophe – lack of ethical and legal regulations increases the possibility of bioweapon attacks and other security threats.Scott Moore, PhD, 19 ~PhD Politics from Oxford, Director of China Programs and Strategic Initiatives @ Penn~, "China's Biotech Boom Could Transform Lives—or Destroy Them," Foreign Policy, 11-8-2019, https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/11/08/cloning-crispr-he-jiankui-china-biotech-boom-could-transform-lives-destroy-them/ C.VC Weaponized biology is an existential threat.Hamish De Bretton-Gordon, CBRN Expert @ British Army, 20 ~Director @ DBG Defense, Consultant on CBRN and Biosecurity~, "Biosecurity in the Wake of COVID-19: The Urgent Action Needed," Combatting Terrorism Center Sentinel, November/December 2020, Volume 13, Issue 11, https://ctc.usma.edu/biosecurity-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-the-urgent-action-needed/ C.VC | 9/25/21 |
SO - DA Climate PatentsTournament: St Marks | Round: 2 | Opponent: Bishops SR | Judge: John Sims DA -Climate Patents====Climate innovation is high and solving warming, but continued investment is key — reducing IP collapses collaboration and investments.==== Only a strong private sector can solve climate changeGulker 19 ~Max Gulker, 2-11-2019, "How a Strong Private Sector Will Address Climate Change," AIER, https://www.aier.org/article/how-a-strong-private-sector-will-address-climate-change/~~ Climate change is existential and emerging technology is keyEspinosa 20 ~Patricia Espinosa 04-xx-2020Frontier technologies to protect the environment and tackle climate change https://www.itu.int/en/action/environment-and-climate-change/Documents/frontier-technologies-to-protect-the-environment-and-tackle-climate-change.pdf~~ Warming causes extinctionKlein 14~(Naomi Klein, award-winning journalist, syndicated columnist, former Miliband Fellow at the London School of Economics, member of the board of directors of 350.org), This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate, pp. 12-14~ | 10/16/21 |
SO - DA InnovationTournament: Mlipitas | Round: 2 | Opponent: Leland AA | Judge: Sarah Youngquist DA – InnovationPharmaceutical innovation is accelerating now – new medicines are substantially better than existing treatments.Wills, MBA, and Lipkus, PhD, 20 – Todd J. Wills ~Managing Director @ Chemical Abstracts Service, MBA from THE Ohio State University~ and Alan H. Lipkus ~Senior Data Analyst @ Chemical Abstracts Service, PhD Physical Chemistry from the University of Rochester~, "Structural Approach to Assessing the Innovativeness of New Drugs Finds Accelerating Rate of Innovation," ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters, Vol. 11, 2020, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/acsmedchemlett.0c00319 C.VC The biopharmaceutical industry is uniquely reliant on IP protections – undermining them would kill innovation by making an already expensive process completely unfeasible.Kristina M. Lybecker, PhD, 17 ~PhD Economics, Associate Professor of Economics @ Colorado College~, "Intellectual Property Rights Protection and the Biopharmaceutical Industry: How Canada Measures Up," Fraser Institute, January 2017, https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/intellectual-property-rights-protection-and-the20biopharmaceutical-industry.pdf C.VC Pharmaceutical innovation is key to protecting against future pandemics, bioterrorism, and antibiotic resistance.Marjanovic and Fejiao '20 Marjanovic, Sonja, and Carolina Feijao. Sonja Marjanovic, Ph.D., Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Carolina Feijao, Ph.D. in biochemistry, University of Cambridge; M.Sc. in quantitive biology, Imperial College London; B.Sc. in biology, University of Lisbon. "Pharmaceutical Innovation for Infectious Disease Management: From Troubleshooting to Sustainable Models of Engagement." (2020). ~Quality Control~ Bioterrorism and future pandemics cause extinction.Hamish De Bretton-Gordon, 20 ~Director @ DBG Defense, Consultant on CBRN and Biosecurity~, "Biosecurity in the Wake of COVID-19: The Urgent Action Needed," Combatting Terrorism Center Sentinel, November/December 2020, Volume 13, Issue 11, https://ctc.usma.edu/biosecurity-in-the-wake-of-covid-19-the-urgent-action-needed/ C.VC | 9/25/21 |
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