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[[Indoors, woman talking to bird]]

Woman: The mortgage market was heavily regulated but the regulations weren’t *enforced*. Result: *Massive Banking Failure*.

Woman: *Offshore Drilling* is highly regulated, but the regulations weren’t enforced. Result: Massive oil spill catastrophe.

Woman: Everyone’s talking about how these things should have been *predicted*, should have been *stopped*. Seems so obvious in hindsight. So what regulations are going unenforced *right this second*? What abuses are people *noticing* but not mentioning? What crises yet to come are still *preventable*?

Bird: Well, *you’re* on unemployment while still taking work under the table. *That* can’t be great for the state budget.
Woman: I mean preventable in *principle*.

{{header: solutions at WONDERMARK.COM)}}
{{alt-text: We need an elite squad of meta-enforcers to enforce enforcement. They will be dressed all in leather and answer only to their own enforcers.}}

#631; There must be Something we can do transcribed by in

[[Indoors, woman talking to bird]]

Woman: The mortgage market was heavily regulated but the regulations weren’t *enforced*. Result: *Massive Banking Failure*.

Woman: *Offshore Drilling* is highly regulated, but the regulations weren’t enforced. Result: Massive oil spill catastrophe.

Woman: Everyone’s talking about how these things should have been *predicted*, should have been *stopped*. Seems so obvious in hindsight. So what regulations are going unenforced *right this second*? What abuses are people *noticing* but not mentioning? What crises yet to come are still *preventable*?

Bird: Well, *you’re* on unemployment while still taking work under the table. *That* can’t be great for the state budget.
Woman: I mean preventable in *principle*.

{{header: solutions at WONDERMARK.COM)}}
{{alt-text: We need an elite squad of meta-enforcers to enforce enforcement. They will be dressed all in leather and answer only to their own enforcers.}}

#631; There must be Something we can do transcribed by in

[[Indoors, woman talking to bird]]

Woman: The mortgage market was heavily regulated but the regulations weren't *enforced*. Result: *Massive Banking Failure*.

Woman: *Offshore Drilling* is highly regulated, but the regulations weren't enforced. Result: Massive oil spill catastrophe.

Woman: Everyone's talking about how these things should have been *predicted*, should have been *stopped*. Seems so obvious in hindsight. So what regulations are going unenforced *right this second*? What abuses are people *noticing* but not mentioning? What crises yet to come are still *preventable*?

Bird: Well, *you're* on unemployment while still taking work under the table. *That* can't be great for the state budget.
Woman: I mean preventable in *principle*.

{{header: solutions at WONDERMARK.COM)}}
{{alt-text: We need an elite squad of meta-enforcers to enforce enforcement. They will be dressed all in leather and answer only to their own enforcers.}}

We need an elite squad of meta-enforcers to enforce enforcement. They will be dressed all in leather and answer only to their own enforcers

#631; There must be Something we can do

  — June 11th, 2010

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Applications open for Genius Northwest – an IRL gaming competition

May 8, 2026 by David Malki !

Last year, I participated in Genius Northwest, a gaming competition inspired by the Korean gameshow The Genius and its ilk.

It’s a reality show without the cameras — a 3-day, all-inclusive weekend retreat structured around a series of challenges and puzzles, in which personalities and dealmaking matter as much as playing games.

It’s truly a remarkable thing. I came in dead last in the competition, but I still had a great time participating.

The event is held annually in the Pacific Northwest (hence the name) and applications are now open to participate in the 2026 competition!

Learn more — and apply — at GeniusNW.com.


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