An ex-convict is an individual who has been deemed guilty of a crime, punished and has fully served their punishment. For example, someone that has finished the entitety of their prison sentence and is now allowed to go back into society is an ex-convict. Currently, ex-convicts are barred from joining police force.
rePlayer is a technology which records whatever each individual sees for every moment of their lives. If they wish to, every person can download and replay any of their memories on a screen. You can't show these memory recording to anyone else, only play it for yourself.
Degrowth involves a planned decrease in the size of economic production and consumption occurring within a given economy (often measured via GDP). It could involve prioritizing less emissions-intensive industries, imposing heavy taxes or limits on emissions, implementing shorter workweeks, and encouraging voluntary reductions in consumer spending.
Adaptive preferences are preferences formed in the unconscious response to oppression. They are formed when oppressed groups 'bend aspiration towards expectation' in light of their experiences of oppression. In the context of the women's liberation movement, examples of adaptive preferences occur on a spectrum ranging from choosing to pursue conventionally feminine careers to wearing the hijab to engaging in sex work. The degree to which choices are the result of adaptive preferences varies from context to context.
