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Quotes from The Dilbert Future — Scott Adams

1957–2026 United States

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What are the odds that you live in exactly the window of human existence when all of the major optical illusions have been discovered?

The Dilbert Future (1997)

Technology magnifies the ability of one person to have a big impact on other people.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

Now there are many safeguards against the small investor ever finding out how much he's getting screwed.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

People don't change their basic nature, they just accumulate more stuff upon which they can apply their stupidity, selfishness, and horniness. From this perspective, the future isn't hard to predict.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

This technique -- sometimes called telecommuting -- has all the financial advantages of being employed with none of the stigma of being a filthy, perverted hobo.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

In the future, most people's jobs will involve scrambling around like frightened chipmunks trying to find the next paycheck in an endless string of unrelated short-term jobs.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

Of all the things that influence elections, it appears that information is the least significant. Elections are won by the candidate whose staff members are the most skilled at manipulating the voters.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

Companies form confusopolies to make it impossible for the average Induhvidual to determine who has the lowest price. This way each major company gets a share of the pie, the size of which depends on how skillfully they can dupe customers with advertisements.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

I predict that news outlets will try to compensate for the loss of relevant news by focusing on stories that are more shocking and depressing than ever. At least that way they'll get your attention and sell advertising even if the stories aren't "news" in the traditional sense.

The Dilbert Future (1997)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Scott Adams (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.