World 6

The Megacorp - Nozama

Started in the early 2000s in a garage in Seattle, Nozama began as a small online seller of household supplies. But by leveraging economies of scale, they were able to undercut most of their competitors, allowing the company to grow by leaps and bounds. Eventually, Nozama moved into other product categories, such as entertainment, electronics, furniture, and so on, becoming the world's largest online department store. Most small businesses could not compete, leaving more and more market share for Nozama to capture. There eventually came a point where if there was something you wanted, you could get it from Nozama.

The company became an opportunistic beast: if there was a service they could co-opt, or a product they could rip off, or a resource they could exploit, they would. This made them uniquely suited to grow amongst the chaos of the first half of the 21st century. And all that growth fed back into the beast: money was funnelled into research and development, advancing medicine, robotics, and artificial intelligence at a breakneck pace.

Now the year is 2050. Decades of pandemics, economic turmoil, and climate change disasters have led to unprecedented political instability. Most world governments have fallen into anarchy, only to be supplanted by the one system that has managed to thrive in all this uncertainty: Nozama. This mega-corporation has filled the power vacuum left by the world's collapsing governments, leveraging the most advanced consumer technology to take control of almost every aspect of daily life. They have their hands in everything from supermarkets and health care to law enforcement and education. In many ways, they are the new world government.

Consumerism as Ideology

• short description of the culture of marketing, monetary value, consumerism, etc.

Invasive Technology

Mike

• chips that monitor everything, pay for everything, etc.
• short description of the technology that enables this society (privacy invasion)

Citizenry and Politics

Mike

• short description of political system, and role of the citizen

Education

Lily - overview

All-STEM, All the Time

Leeah

• no arts

Streaming

Leeah

• worker, executive, r&d

• gotta pay for some streams

Artifacts

Corporate Anthem - Sonia

Lesson Plan

Report Card

PA Announcement - Mike

Diary Entry - A Visit to the Factory - Lily

Counter-Culture

Leeah

• short description of the counter-culture
• different modes of resistance

Art as Resistance

Jazmin

Black Market Bartering

• Sonia - trading both objects and information

Artifacts

Protest Song - Sonia

Zine - Jazmin

Diary Entry - Poem - Leeah

Group Members

• Sonia Baggetta

• Jazmin Cordon-Ibanez

• Leeah George

• Lily Ohana

• Mike Riverso