Dilbert 2.0: The Modern Era, 2001-2008

by Scott Adams

Whether avoiding pointless meetings with the clueless pointy-haired boss or angsting over insanely impossible sales goals, meaningless performance objectives, and a mind-numbing cubicle environment, Dilbert and his fellow corporate victims soldier on, providing a humorous release for the great brotherhood of office drones. For 20 years, Dilbert has connected with the unappreciated, making one and all wonder, "Has Scott Adams bugged our offices?" In Dilbert 2.0, a collection of the strip's first 20 years, Scott clearly demonstrates that through the dot-com and real estate bubbles to the new normal, Dilbert knows that the stuff of work is really funny business! Now presented for the first time in a four-volume electronic edition! This fourth volume of Dilbert 2.0 covers the modern era from 2001 to 2008 for the celebrated cartoon strip.

Genres: Humor, Comic Strips

144 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 29, 2012

About the author

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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, Adams has been hurt with a series of debilitating health problems. Since late 2004, he has suffered from a reemergence of his focal dystonia which has affected his drawing. He can fool his brain by drawing using a graphics tablet. On December 12, 2005, Adams announced on his blog that he also suffers from spasmodic dysphonia, a condition that causes the vocal cords to behave in an abnormal manner. However, on October 24, 2006, he again blogged stating that he had recovered from this condition, although he is unsure if the recovery is permanent. He claims to have developed a method to work around the disorder and has been able to speak normally since. Also, on January 21, 2007, he posted a blog entry detailing his experiences with treatment by Dr. Morton Cooper.

Adams is also a trained hypnotist, as well as a vegetarian. (Mentioned in, "Dilbert: A Treasury of Sunday Strips 00).

He married Shelly Miles on July 22, 2006.

Reviews

[Terry L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny as always

Dilbert has endeared himself to office workers everywhere. As a now-retired IT worker and cubicle denizen, I can identify with Dilbert's exasperation, the assortment of wacky coworkers, and more.

[Ian Higgs · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good collection

[Tfalcone · Rating 3 out of 5]

Is making me snort out loud in places and is very relateble to my work :)

[Christos · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only reason I didn't give this book 5 stars is that the introduction (30%) of the book is the same for all Dilbert books.