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Dilbert #43
Optimism Sounds Exhausting
Does Scott Adams really have a hidden camera in your cubicle?
Dilbert, the cubicle-dwelling drone, is at his satirical best with this new collection of cartoons. Dilbert has managed to keep up with technology like iPads and Twitter over the years, as well as advanced systems like the Disaster Preparedness Plan that has its followers eating the crumbs from their keyboards. It doesn’t get any more sophisticated than that.
It’s an office code violation to be this good after so many years, but Dilbert keeps doing what he does best: passive-aggressively out-witting his superiors and exercising conflict avoidance. And he is so good. No wonder office drones and workforce automatons alike can’t resist the cold embrace of Dilbert’s workplace.
Dilbert, the cubicle-dwelling drone, is at his satirical best with this new collection of cartoons. Dilbert has managed to keep up with technology like iPads and Twitter over the years, as well as advanced systems like the Disaster Preparedness Plan that has its followers eating the crumbs from their keyboards. It doesn’t get any more sophisticated than that.
It’s an office code violation to be this good after so many years, but Dilbert keeps doing what he does best: passive-aggressively out-witting his superiors and exercising conflict avoidance. And he is so good. No wonder office drones and workforce automatons alike can’t resist the cold embrace of Dilbert’s workplace.
168 pages, Hardcover
First published November 10, 2015
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About the author
Scott Adams
284 books1,277 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. See this thread for more information.
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.
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.
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February 6, 2022
I like Dilbert comics, so this was a fun read.
January 29, 2016
Viewing work/office culture with a pinpoint wry ability, while laughing at the universal irony of it all. I loved it.
October 25, 2023
Lots of fun—I love all the Dilbert collections, especially when they are like this one, and don’t seem to repeat from other collections I’ve read. There were a lot of good strips in this one, and some standouts that featured Wally.
January 31, 2018
Isn't there a little bit of Wally in all of us?
January 17, 2022
Provided lots of laughs at a time when I need them
January 19, 2023
Great wisdom here.
February 22, 2023
We’ve All Worked at Dilbert’s Company
And we’ve all had a pointy haired boss who was clueless about how we did our job but made sure it was harder than it needed to be.
And we’ve all had a pointy haired boss who was clueless about how we did our job but made sure it was harder than it needed to be.
September 8, 2016
It's a collection of Dilbert comics - what else really needs to be said? Considering how long the strip has been going, and how many strips are collected, it's surprising how many still manage to be dead on target and also how many still manage to be funny. There's a lot of ground that gets trod multiple times, but the dynamics of the office have changed over the years - now that Pointy-haired boss has his big head boss that is equally useless, but in marvelous new ways, there's lots of fertile ground here. If you're tired of Dilbert, this won't change your mind, but it still has a surprising amount of bite left in it.
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January 26, 2016I enjoyed this book as I enjoy all things Dilbert. However, i do not enjoy it quite as much as I did when I worked at Career Education Corp. At that point in my life Dilbert was very therapeutic, as Adams captured life at CEC quite realistically.
Fortunately RSNA is nothing like the world of Dilbert.
Fortunately RSNA is nothing like the world of Dilbert.
February 5, 2016
Read Dilbert.
Dilbert funny. Dilbert good.
Why the hell can't I just give a star rating and submit? I'm even required to provide a discrete word count before the Submit button activates? I don't care what strangers think about much of anything especially my book choices. If this was a tool review it'd be a different case.
Just let me enter stars and submit.
Dilbert funny. Dilbert good.
Why the hell can't I just give a star rating and submit? I'm even required to provide a discrete word count before the Submit button activates? I don't care what strangers think about much of anything especially my book choices. If this was a tool review it'd be a different case.
Just let me enter stars and submit.
January 31, 2016
I don't know if I've been just too influenced by reading the MRA Dilbert Tumblr, or if his writing has gotten stale, but I didn't enjoy much of this book.
May 15, 2016
Scott Adams seems like a bit of a nut, but there were a few comics here that hit the nail on the head for working in a bureaucracy.
April 25, 2017
Scott Adams is the best. He's a good American and a great cartoonist. This newest book is fun because it seems to feature Wally more, my favorite character.
If you love Dilbert, you should catch up with your favorite engineer with this book!
If you love Dilbert, you should catch up with your favorite engineer with this book!
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