reliving it up: part 1 (wsc 2025)

Valhalla (Norse)

hall of feasting heroes of the Vikings, ruled by Odin where people who died in combat live happily

Tartarus (Greek)

deep dungeon to torment the wicked

Diyu (Chinese)

hell where people atone for their sins in different ways, guarded by the Horse-Faced and the Ox-Headed

Jigoku (Japanese)

after a series of trials, souls are damned in any of the 8 hot and 8 cold hells for a period of time if Emma-o and his 2 disembodied heads use their registers and powers to sense misdeeds

Nirvana (Buddhism)

the ending of desire, hatred, ignorance, suffering, and rebirth

Nirvana (Hinduism)

union of Atman (Life) with Brahman (the permanent reality)

samsara (Buddhism, Hinduism)

the cycle of life and rebirth according to karma

happy hunting ground (white people)

a phrase used by white people to mean the Indians' heaven

isekai (Japanese)

"different world", someone is transported foom one world to another

tensei (Japanese)

reincarnation

akuyaku reijo

high-class young villainess

teni (Japanese)

time travel

zamaa miro

"serves you right", zamaa-style being a revenge story

mercury (elixir of life)

Qin Shi Huang (China)

young blood

Marsilio Ficino (Italy)/Pope Innocent VIII

Holy Grail

Heinrich Himmler (Nazi)

gold

Diane de Poitiers (France)

monkey testicles

Serge Voronoff (France)

2045 Initiative

Dmitry Itskov wants to transfer human consciousness into artificial avatars

Evolution 2045

political party advocating for global scientific progress over military competition

Genomics

[study of genomes, including gene-editing] Agilent, Illumina, Danaher

Big Data/AI Health

[AI and big data help analyze pathology and advance medical stuff] Alphabet, Amazon, Apple

Future Food

[sustainable agricultural gene editing] Dow DuPont, WW International

Ammortality

[extend lifespan and health] Intuitive Surgical, Zimmer

Moonshot Medicine

[revolutionary cures to diseases, even Parkinson's & cystic fibrosis] Illumina, Sangamo, Vertex Pharma, Neurocrine