The "hermit consumer" refers to a trend where people spend less on services since the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed-world consumers are spending around $600bn a year less on services than you might have expected in 2019. For example, Japan has witnessed a 50% decline in restaurant bookings for business purposes.

Erotic capital refers to the social and economic advantages that individuals can derive from using their physical attractiveness, charm, and sexual appeal.

Republika Srpska is an entity in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is populated mostly by ethnic Serbs, while the rest of Bosnia is populated mostly by ethnic Bosniaks and Croats.

Egalitarianism is the philosophical belief that all people have equal moral value (irrespective of the choices they make) and that hierarchies in society should be aggressively minimized or abolished.