The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century [Illustrated] [Hardcover]

Scott Adams (Author), Nancy Singer (Designer)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 14, 1997

In The Dilbert Future, Scott Adams turns futurist, offering a bold, compelling - and often hysterical - vision of future society. First, the good news: Human nature won't change much; many, if not most of us, will continue to be guided by the immutable principles of stupidity, selfishness, and horniness - much as we are today, but with more advanced technology. But there's more! Drawing on his keen grasp of human nature and social dynamics, Adams daringly predicts key developments in every part of the futurescape. For example, in The Dilbert Future, you'll learn in the future, life definitely won't be like Star Trek, there will be a huge market for technology products that help workers goof off and still get paid, Internet capacity will increase indefinitely to keep up with the egos of the people using it, and your clothes will be smarter than you. In The Dilbert Future, Scott Adams dons his soothsayer's robes and turns his piercing eye (and trenchant wit) to subjects as diverse as technology, the workplace, elections, the battle of the sexes, drive-through pet care, and the possibility of intelligent (or stupid) life on other planets. The Dilbert Future is a mind-boggling blend of farce and fact that plays our social hot buttons like a piano, leaving the reader gasping in both wonder and hilarity.

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Amazon.com Review

Move over, Faith Popcorn! Cartoonist Scott Adams is back in book form, and this time he gives Dilbert and his cronies a free hand to forecast the trends that just might drive business and society during the next millennium. In typical Adams fashion, The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century serves up a series of laugh-out-loud predictions on technology, marketing, work, jobs, gender relations, and even the future of democracy and capitalism.

From Scientific American

Thank God for Dilbert.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 258 pages
• Publisher: Harper Business; 1st edition (May 14, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0674652215
• ISBN-13: 978-0674652217
• ASIN: 088730866X
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 6.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (63 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,116,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The funniest Dilbert book around, June 23, 1999

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This review is from: The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Business Stupidity in the 21st Century (Paperback)

The Dilbert Future follows in Dilbert tradition of being hilarious. Adams' cynical view of the general state of the human race present and future is spelt out in a book which brings laughs from beginning to end. Of his three 'real' books, The Dilbert Future is the one that I enjoyed most. The cartoons which he has included perfectly complement the text and the well picked true anecdotes always confirm his relatively 'worrying' theories. He covers all subjects from why the future will not be like Star Trek to why those who can work computers will become the sexiest people on the planet - no issue is left untouched. If you are looking for a serious book, stay well away. But lighten up too, and buy the funiest Dilbert book Adams has written.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Dilbert Book Ever, July 20, 2000

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Matt Adams - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century (Hardcover)

Loved the book. This book showed perfectly how the world is becoming stupider by the minute. The pranks section is my favorite.(got some good ones)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Yogurt in print!, June 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Business Stupidity in the 21st Century (Paperback)

You have never seen a humor book like this one and you may not see one again. It starts off as a collection of old strips, then moves into straight social satire and finally into Adams' very unconventional views on reality and the meaning of life.

If you know what you like and just want more and more of the same, this book may not be for you; but if you have an inquisitive mind, you must read it. You won't agree with, or like, all of it but you will have broadened your horizons. I would compare this book to yogurt. It's good for you, you may like it or hate it, but you owe it to yourself to at least try it.