The Yoruba, a West African ethnic group, have historically followed the Orisa religion, which holds that there is an omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent creator God who does not actively rule over the world, but is the unseen source of all change and existence, and that there are gods called Orishas who represent the various forms the creator God’s energy takes within the world. There was no concept of ‘absolute evil’ or ‘Satan’. Enslaved Yoruba in Cuba largely maintained the Orisa religion, renaming it Santeria, but a major change occurred in how the religion treated death. Previously, all humans would be reincarnated as their descendents. Under slavery, the belief transformed so that anyone with a virtuous life would achieve nonexistence rather than reincarnation.       

Alawites are a religious minority of around 4-5 million people, residing primarily in both of Syria’s coastal governorates, making up around 70% of each.

A digital currency is money that exclusively exists in electronic form and is transferred using digital systems, rather than physical cash (for example, crypocurrencies, stablecoins). A central bank digital currency (CBDC) is digital money issued by a central bank that is a direct claim on the central bank (unlike today, where digital transactions transact a claim on a private bank, not actual money).

Altruism is an approach to ethics where one should act for the sake of others, rather than acting in a self-interested manner. In contrast, Naess's "self-identification" approach to ethics supports one expanding their circle of identity to include others (e.g. animals, communities, people, the environment)

Charter cities involve long-term leases of vacant land to a foreign government or company. The lessee owns the right to build and govern, under its own law, a new city in the allotted land for a pre-determined amount of time. Examples include Prospera in the Honduras and the Golden Triangle in Laos. 

Absolute double jeopardy prevents the same government from trying an individual again for the same offence once a person is acquitted or convicted. Qualified double jeopardy allows the same government to try them again if there was either 1) a serious legal error or 2) substantial new evidence is discovered.

Biohacking is a movement focused on improving your body and health through do-it-yourself, clinically unproven methods (e.g., supplements and nootropics, intermittent fasting, etc.).