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MYCROFT: I’m tired of corporations TAKING OVER everything!
We can’t let ourselves be RULED by them anymore!

MYCROFT: Millions of advertising dollars go toward convincing us that some NATIONAL or GLOBAL brand knows MORE about us and our needs than FELLOW MEMBERS of OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

MYCROFT: But at its CORE, society is made of TRIBES. It’s our NEIGHBORS who we’ll be relying on when the corporations come CRASHING DOWN!
We’re out of milk, right? I’m gonna march RIGHT down to the CORNER STORE and buy us some milk.
THINK local! SHOP local!

[[At the corner store.]]
CLERK: $3.50, please.
MYCROFT (thought): Aw, seriously? It’s like $2.85 at Safeway.

{{Header: stay loyal to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: no company has ever gone bankrupt expecting customers to put self-interest ahead of principle}}

#454; In which a Stand is taken transcribed by in

MYCROFT: I’m tired of corporations TAKING OVER everything!
We can’t let ourselves be RULED by them anymore!

MYCROFT: Millions of advertising dollars go toward convincing us that some NATIONAL or GLOBAL brand knows MORE about us and our needs than FELLOW MEMBERS of OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

MYCROFT: But at its CORE, society is made of TRIBES. It’s our NEIGHBORS who we’ll be relying on when the corporations come CRASHING DOWN!
We’re out of milk, right? I’m gonna march RIGHT down to the CORNER STORE and buy us some milk.
THINK local! SHOP local!

[[At the corner store.]]
CLERK: $3.50, please.
MYCROFT (thought): Aw, seriously? It’s like $2.85 at Safeway.

{{Header: stay loyal to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: no company has ever gone bankrupt expecting customers to put self-interest ahead of principle}}

#454; In which a Stand is taken transcribed by in

MYCROFT: I'm tired of corporations TAKING OVER everything!
We can't let ourselves be RULED by them anymore!

MYCROFT: Millions of advertising dollars go toward convincing us that some NATIONAL or GLOBAL brand knows MORE about us and our needs than FELLOW MEMBERS of OUR OWN COMMUNITY.

MYCROFT: But at its CORE, society is made of TRIBES. It's our NEIGHBORS who we'll be relying on when the corporations come CRASHING DOWN!
We're out of milk, right? I'm gonna march RIGHT down to the CORNER STORE and buy us some milk.
THINK local! SHOP local!

[[At the corner store.]]
CLERK: $3.50, please.
MYCROFT (thought): Aw, seriously? It's like $2.85 at Safeway.

{{Header: stay loyal to WONDERMARK.COM}}
{{Alt-text: no company has ever gone bankrupt expecting customers to put self-interest ahead of principle}}

no company has ever gone bankrupt expecting customers to put self-interest ahead of principle

#454; In which a Stand is taken

  — October 24th, 2008

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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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