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The Dilbert Future (Dilbert: Business #3)
by
Scott Adams
In The Dilbert Principle and Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook, Adams skewered the absurdities of the corporate world. Now he takes the next logical step, turning his keen analytical focus on how human greed, stupidity, and horniness will shape the future. Comic strips throughout.
Paperback, 272 pages
Published
October 6th 2000
by Boxtree
(first published 1997)
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“The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century” is another one of Adams’ books which looks at the insanity many of us face each day as we head to work for a large corporation. It also looks at the future and offers a humorous perspective on the future of work, society, and the “induhvidual”.
Reading this book is like a one-on-one session with Scott Adams. His perspective is not thinly veiled behind a cartoon strip, though there are many sprinkled throughout the book to better ill...more
Reading this book is like a one-on-one session with Scott Adams. His perspective is not thinly veiled behind a cartoon strip, though there are many sprinkled throughout the book to better ill...more
I really envy people who could spin something so serious and nerdy into something hilarious! I’ve seen Dilbert comic strips before but was never really into it. I guess having known management terms and practice would make you appreciate the jokes better. The last chapter of the book was a bit heavy though. But it just goes to show that Scott Adams is a deep-thinking man of science and not simply a silly cartoonist. I was surprised to learn that Scott Adams himself is a great believer of Affirma...more
To get one thing straight from the beginning: Dilbert cartoons suck! Most of the time they are not funny at all and on the rare occasions that actually a punch line exists it will come up in the last but one picture but never in the last one (where you usually have some dull line ruining the bit of humor you could detect in the picture before). Besides of the cartoons the rest of the book is testimony for arrogance and presumptuousness, for a deep contempt for fellow people, for cynicism and sar...more
Scott Adams hasn't been easy to like in recent times for various internet activities I'd rather not detail. Which kind of ruins some of the enjoyment I had for his comics and his books. The Dilbert Principle is still one of the funniest non-fiction books that I had read, and I would gladly revisit it to see if it holds up to my initial thoughts. Alas, Dilbert Future doesn't match Principle. It started off well enough as Adams predicts the future of technology and corporation, and aside from ment...more
In a nutshell, this is just Scott Adams being good ol' Scott. 10 years after we wrote this book, most of his predictions have (surprise surprise) not come true! But nonetheless, its amusing to read about them and admit that in some dark corner, you too wished for those!
The last chapter though - is Scott Adams NOT being Scott Adams. Its almost like his (good) twin brother wrote it: its scientific, insightful and thought-provoking. I'm not saying the rest of the book doesn't do that (it provokes a...more
The last chapter though - is Scott Adams NOT being Scott Adams. Its almost like his (good) twin brother wrote it: its scientific, insightful and thought-provoking. I'm not saying the rest of the book doesn't do that (it provokes a...more
Mr. Adams has no great faith in human nature. He’s certain that three things about human nature will remain constant: selfishness, stupidity, horniness. Because of that, the future envisioned by Star Trek devotees just ain’t gonna happen.
Hilarious, acerbic, acidic, Mr. Adams doesn’t give you ways of dealing with your fellow men as removing you from their gun sights while keeping a sharp eye on their rotten behavioral tactics. His keen insight for human foibles remains unabated and this book is j...more
Hilarious, acerbic, acidic, Mr. Adams doesn’t give you ways of dealing with your fellow men as removing you from their gun sights while keeping a sharp eye on their rotten behavioral tactics. His keen insight for human foibles remains unabated and this book is j...more
Scott Adams is a cartoonist. He is not a stand-up comedian nor is he Dave Barry, though this book makes it quite clear that he really wants to be. Still, there is a reason he tells jokes in three-panel comic strips instead of 30-minute monologues. Here he addresses various aspects of life and makes tongue-in-cheek predictions, interspersed with Dilbert cartoons. It was obviously written in sections rather than as a whole, and the entire time all I could think about was how much more fitting thes...more
Great read.
Not for the jokes but rather all of Scott Adams' concepts.
The take on the life in other planets is hillarious, that how it is just the intelligent people living in some sectors of earth. I so totally agreed with The incompetence line and how engg degree has expiry period while eco fundas can be applied anywhere!Future of work had to be great being the forte.
It does have its share of whats-there-to-laugh moments, though. But with Dilbert, i don't find them unexpected.
Also, being more...more
Not for the jokes but rather all of Scott Adams' concepts.
The take on the life in other planets is hillarious, that how it is just the intelligent people living in some sectors of earth. I so totally agreed with The incompetence line and how engg degree has expiry period while eco fundas can be applied anywhere!Future of work had to be great being the forte.
It does have its share of whats-there-to-laugh moments, though. But with Dilbert, i don't find them unexpected.
Also, being more...more
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Nov 01, 2009
Mischelle
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4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
If you love humor
This book is just too funny til it gets too serious at the end. There's a some comic strips that had me rolling. One is the strip of Dilbert having a doll in the image of his boss sitting on the monitor. After the boss leave's Dilbert's cubical, Dilbert tells the doll to stop popping in his cubical and whacks the doll off the monitor. I had tears in my eyes at that one. I feel like that with every boss and supervisor I've ever had.
Another one is the strip of Dilbert filling out a expense report....more
Another one is the strip of Dilbert filling out a expense report....more
Scott Adams' books are all comically brilliant though they tend to blend together a bit after a while. Dilbert Future is notable for its last chapter, where he "departs from the comedy" for a moment and becomes sincerely philosophical. Truly curious and insightful comments can be found there about the nature of reality as we see it and I go so far as to say it has impacted my own philosophy about life and its inner workings.
I love Scott Adams stuff, but to be honest this wasn't the best he could do.
It did strike my funny bone quite a few times, but it gets a little tiresome and silly. While it was quite funny, some of the humor seemed a bit strained.
I would recommend The Dilbert Principle or Dilbert: The Way of The Weasel over this one.
It did strike my funny bone quite a few times, but it gets a little tiresome and silly. While it was quite funny, some of the humor seemed a bit strained.
I would recommend The Dilbert Principle or Dilbert: The Way of The Weasel over this one.
Amazing predictions...some of which I expect to come true! Scott Adams, with his clever observations of life in general, predicts the future of humans, and a few other animals, through sarcasm, wit and much humor. And I suspect he has stumbled onto one of life's best kept secrets...Read it and see if you agree!
If ever some one was born with the perfect 'politically' incorrect office humor its Scott Adam .... this guy has a microphone in every office going body probably as he writes what we all are thinking in the glorious office meeting precisily.
I like Dilbert, and this was a fine, though uninspired, collection, until the last chapter. At that point it became interesting. The science is nothing groundbreaking, but it's a welcome reminder to look at the world differently.
Nov 11, 2008
Zach
rated it
2 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
2008-books,
audio-books
Overall not Adams best work.
First half, seems like a stream of random thoughts, as if he is attempting to quickly fill a book with random ideas, something to meet publisher's deadline, also you get the feeling that some of his humor is better as more visual.
Second half, he gets back to what (at least I think) makes his strip at times truly brilliant, humor about work place absurdity--ideas such as "negative work", who is well suited for telework, the Dilbert Principle about management, lack of...more
First half, seems like a stream of random thoughts, as if he is attempting to quickly fill a book with random ideas, something to meet publisher's deadline, also you get the feeling that some of his humor is better as more visual.
Second half, he gets back to what (at least I think) makes his strip at times truly brilliant, humor about work place absurdity--ideas such as "negative work", who is well suited for telework, the Dilbert Principle about management, lack of...more
Definitely an interesting read. You need to keep reminding yourself that it was written over 20 years ago, because otherwise many of the "predictions" can be read as commentary on current events (they're really accurate, is what I'm saying). The last chapter, while a significant break in the feel of the book, raises interesting ideas.
sindiran keras terhadap teknologi. Scott Adams menulis ironi kehidupan lewat kartun ini secara jenius. 250 halaman tebalnya namun perlu perbaikan translasi di lain waktu
Some books can take the reader on a fantasic journey - this book just makes me feel I was taken for a ride when I parted with my cash.
Not a patch on The Dilbert Principle.
Not a patch on The Dilbert Principle.
Much funnier than his last written book the Dilbert Principle, in this book Adams makes predictions about the future, most of them pretty ludicrous but mostly hilarious as well.
كتاب مسلي وساخر من كل شيء له علاقة بالعمل
المؤلف لم يستثني نفسه من السخرية
الكتاب يصلح لمن ليس لديه الوقت لقراءة رواية طويلة لأنه يمكنك أن تقرأه من أي صفحة
المؤلف لم يستثني نفسه من السخرية
الكتاب يصلح لمن ليس لديه الوقت لقراءة رواية طويلة لأنه يمكنك أن تقرأه من أي صفحة
Brilliantly humorous book on future of work, technology and democracy. One of the funniest books I've ever read - kind of like Douglas Adams for techies.
Often very funny, though there are a few flat spots. Often eerily prescient, too.
Adams' typical snide attitude. But not as incisive or funny as the Dilbert strip.
Feb 27, 2009
Chris
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
graphic-novels-and-picture-books
i think scott adams is a better writer than a cartoonist
Scott Adams is really a genius. Not only does he write funny comics, and funny prose, but he manages to work in meaningful social commentary to trick people into thinking! Anyway, this book has some disturbingly accurate predictions as well as some crazy, off the wall ones. The first 13 chapters are a joy to read. It only gets 4 stars because of the 14th chapter where Adams switches from humorous social commentary to new age philosophy which is interesting but not appropriate for a book of this...more
Laughed so hard people were staring at me.
Another great slightly non-fiction dilbert book.
Somewhat funny book with supporting (but not new) comics.
Hilariously funny.
Jul 22, 2011
Indah Threez Lestari
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Shelves:
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740th - 2011
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Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957 and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hartwick College in 1979.
He also studied economics and management for his 1986 MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Adams was born in Windham, New York in 1957 and received his Bachelor's degree in Economics from Hartwick College in 1979.
He also studied economics and management for his 1986 MBA from the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley.
In recent years, Ada...more
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