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

by Scott Adams

Book Overview

Warning: more stupidity ahead (also selfishness and horniness)

Nostradamus, step aside. Scott Adams has turned futurist and gives us a much needed look into his skewed crystal ball.

Here's a taste of what you'll learn in "The Dibert Future: "

in the future, life definitely won't be like "Star Trek" (or else we'd never leave the holodeck)

there will be a huge market for technology products that help workers goof off and still get paid

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887309100
• ISBN13: 9780887309106
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Harper Business
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

Grab Your Shades and Step Into The Future

This is one to keep on your bookshelf. I had to replace the copy I lent to a friend, because the friend wanted to keep it. Scott Adams is his usual, funny self--he seems to have worked where I once did (or maybe he just has spies there?). In any case, most of the book is LOL funny, but I found the last chapter pretty interesting and thought-provoking. It's definitely worth a read even if you don't agree with everything Adams puts forth--and he'll tell you that himself!

Best Dilbert Book Ever

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)

Yogurt in print!

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.

The funniest Dilbert book around

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.

I laughed out loud every page

Scott Adams is not only good at writing cynical amusing little comic strips, he is also good at writing cynical amusing books. I did think he was starting to wig out in the last chapters when he pontificated on reality and the meaning of life, though, but it didn't distract from the overall excellence of the book.