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The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century (Paperback)

by Scott Adams (Author, Illustrator)

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Paperback: 258 pages
Publisher: Boxtree Ltd; New edition edition (18 Sep 1998)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0752211617
ISBN-13: 978-0752211619
Product Dimensions: 20.6 x 15.2 x 2.2 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)

Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 520,928 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Take a look into Scott Adams' crystal ball and catch a glimpse of the future of technology, democracy, ageing, capitalism, marketing, jobs, relationships, and (of course) work, illustrated with the doings of Dilbert and the gang.

So what does the Dilbert future hold in store? An acronym shortage, for one thing. Since there are only 26 letters in the alphabet, all the good ones will eventually be used up--a major problem for acronym-hungry businesses. In the future, your clothes will be smarter than you. Food stains will slide off their non- stick surfaces and you'll clean your clothes by taking them outside and shaking them off. All barriers of entry will go away and confusopolies will form: groups of companies that make similar products and that intentionally confuse customers instead of competing on price. In the future, men who use computers will be (gasp) sex symbols. Finally, rest assured that the future will bear no resemblance to Star Trek, because Star Trek didn't take the stupidity and selfishness of humans into account.

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Moving beyond the corporate world of his cartoon character, Dilbert, Scott Adams turns his analytic focus on how human greed, stupidity and horniness will shape the future. With his usual mixture of essays and cartoons, the book offers predictions on business, technology, society and government.

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5.0 out of 5 stars If the future's like this- prepare to worry, 13 April 2001

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Mr. Adams has done it again! The Dilbert Future is an excellent book, featuring strips that relate to the chapters, and interesting text on what the future will be like. Humour all the way, apart from Chapter 14, which will mess with your mind a lot. A brilliant book, for Dilbert fans, and everyone else (induhviduals) alike.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Two, two, two books in one, 31 Dec 1997

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This book will dissapoint anyone looking for a big belly laugh courtesy of Mr. Adams' witty insight into corporate America. In fact, I set the book aside for weeks after reading the first few chapters because it did not hold my interest.

That said, I am nonetheless glad I picked it up again. First, let me say that the publisher should have cut the first thirteen chapters of the book and marketed it as a window into the real Scott Adams. Then put it under the self-help books instead of the comedy section. Not a good move business-wise, but certainly in keeping with respecting Mr. Adams' loyal fan base. The last chapter (a synopsis of Scott's life philosophy) has, in fact, made me a fan for life. Anyone with the self confidence to put observations and experiences like the ones in this chapter, in a book purportedly about office humor, gets my vote for "Cool Person of the Year" (if there is such a thing).

This last chapter was a life changing experience. To see so many of my own thoughts on paper, written by perhaps today's most famous cartoonist was encouraging. Mr. Adams asks all the right questions without the arrogance of assuming he also has all the right answers. He even provides a how-to for manipulating the universe to your liking. No joke. Philosophy and literature snobs hold your ears - Scott Adams could be the Ralph Waldo Emerson of the 21st century. I, Tim DeMoss, will read more books like this by Scott Adams.

If you want to laugh, buy one of the Dilbert "strip" books. If you're open to looking at life in a whole new way with a renewed confidence, buy "The Dilbert Future" and skip the first thirteen chapters. Here's hoping that last chapter wasn't some prank on unsuspecting Induhviduals. Boy would my face be red.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thriving on stupidity in the 21st century - a must read for any modern manager, 28 Dec 2006

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This is another great book by Scott Adams all about thriving on stupidity in the 21st century, or how to harness the stupidity of individuals for your own financial gain (now that's what I call a title worthy of its own TV commercial). This is why I bought the book, but so far (it is only late-2006) I've not quite cracked the technique. The book runs through some technological predictions before highlighting how the world will really get very much more complicated, and then goes on to define the future of work and the kind of jobs your children should go for and avoid. The book is full of very valuable predictions (you know - the kind that consultants get paid a fortune to tell you) such as the need to brainwash today's children to be nice to us in our old age. However Scott Adams is not Mr.Perfect and he can make the odd mistake, such as saying that "the future will not be like Star Trek" (how wrong can you get! - ok, I'm not sure about the sex with aliens, but I am sure that phasers, cyborgs, tractor beams, etc. are all there just waiting until the market cools for mobile phones). Overall he's right on most topics - our clothes will be smarter than us (its already happened with most sports personalities) and technology will become the leading cause of death (it is already - think about it! - even death by old age is technology induced these days). The chapter on the future of work is really depressing, but the author does salvage some slight glimmer of hope - prediction 41 tells us that our competitors will be just as clueless as ourselves - at least we will not be in a mess all alone. I found the chapter on the type of jobs to aim for in the future very valuable. I am working on becoming very unethical, in particularly when dealing with other people's money (it's not as difficult as it first looks). So this is a terrible book that should not be sold anywhere, old copies should be recovered and burned (except my copy), and people who have read it (and remember some of it) should be kept in solitary confinement on Alcatraz. Scott Adams should be made to do his military service - over and over again, forever.

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