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	Dilbert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees' skills and efforts are not rewarded, and busy work praised.
		Dilbert's unusual name was suggested to Adams by a co-worker; Adams later found that the name likely came from a cartoon character used by the United States Navy during World War II.
		The adoption of Dilbert as an icon for corporate America has led to Scott Adams being criticized, in some circles, for allowing his creation to be adopted and embraced by the very same corporate world his strip satirizes.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dilbert (2706 words)

	The Dilbert Future - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Dilbert Future (1997) is a gloves-off satire of humanity by Scott Adams that breaks the net motivations of humanity down into stupidity, selfishness, and horniness, and presents various ideas for profiting off of human nature.
		The final chapter invites the reader to ponder upon several open ended questions, such as the nature of gravity and the utility of affirmations, which are further addressed in God’s Debris.
		Those who are neither will be managers" and "In the Future, the value of your job will decrease, thanks to the godforsaken hellhole of North Dakota".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Dilbert_Future (345 words)

	Dilbert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Dilbert is the main character in the comic strip.
		In more recent strips the mouth has been drawn on occasion when Dilbert is eating, surprised, furious, or nervous, and in the TV series his mouth is drawn when he is speaking.
		The adoption of Dilbert as an icon for corporate America has led to Scott Adams being criticized in some circles for allowing his creation to be adopted and embraced by the very same corporate world he was rebelling against when he created the strip.
	www.aaaah.org /wiki/en/di/Dilbert.htm (2774 words)

	ipedia.com: Dilbert Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Dilbert portrays corporate culture as a Kafkaesqueesque world of bureaucracy for its own sake and office politics that stand in the way of productivity, where employees' skills and efforts are not rewarded.
		Dilbert usually has no visible mouth or eyes, and in all but the early strips his tie usually points upward.
		Dilbert creator Scott Adams has admitted that the Boss's odd hair was inspired by devil horns.
	www.ipedia.com /dilbert.html (2262 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		And when you have absorbed the prediction that In the future, technology will continue to make our lives harder and many of us will be delighted about it, the prediction that In the future, technology will become the leading the cause of death seems only natural.
		Dilbert is an electrical engineer who spends most of his time with his computer.
		The chapter on the Future of Democracy on Capitalism is a thin one.
	www.epinions.com /content_7355338372 (1264 words)

	The Trouble With Dilbert
		Dilbert humor is sublimely safe for Intel, and Xerox ($26 billion in assets), and the other conglomerates embracing it, precisely because the Dilbert boundaries are so reliable.
		Dilbert is among a wide range of products acclaimed for their high jumps over low standards.
		Dilbert is no more likely to inspire an insurrection against his awesome power than the president's next State of the Union address.
	zena.secureforum.com /Znet/zmag/articles/dec97Dilbertd.htm (2854 words)

	BookPage Nonfiction Review: Dilbert
		It's that loopy appeal that's evident in "The Dilbert Future," wherein Adams gazes deeply into his whirling screen saver and aims his trademark satirical dissection gear at an ever-receding target.
		Not surprisingly, the Dilbert future is a place in which stupidity reigns supreme.
		Fortunately, Adams also predicts a future in which the reign of stupidity is counterpoised by the triumph of the nerd.
	www.bookpage.com /allencolibrary/9706bp/nonfiction/thedilbertfuture.html (541 words)

	Reason magazine -- February 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		His Dilbert comic strip runs in some 1,700 newspapers in 51 countries, and its devoted fans support a merchandising empire of mouse pads, coffee mugs, dolls, calendars, and so on.
		Dilbert's biggest problem is basically bosses who keep him from getting his work done.
		The Associated Press had a story in which an anonymous Texas PTA official said she didn't like the ad with Dilbert because the character said, "Don't be a dork when you go back to school." The official said the comment runs counter to the association's goal of encouraging children to feel comfortable about their appearance.
	reason.com /9902/fe.vp.dilberts.shtml (4080 words)

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		Dilbert fans can rejoice -- and not just because of the well-established inverse ratio between the quantity of Chihuahua references in a given text and the quality of a writer's prose.
		Thus the subtitle of "The Dilbert Future": "Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century." In the future, rest assured, managers will still be incompetent, and the majority of the population will still be, to use a favorite Adamsian put-down, "in-duh-viduals." "You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public," Adams writes.
		The last chapter of "The Dilbert Future" is at right angles, not only to the rest of the book, but to all that has come before in the Dilbert Chronicles.
	cctr.umkc.edu /~risaacson/dilbert.html (1224 words)

	Quotations on the Future
		The future is a reality that is coming to pass with each passing day, with each passing decision.
		We cannot think about the future, of course, for the future does not exist: the existence of the future is an article of faith.
		A good future is implicit in the soils, forests, grasslands, marshes, deserts, mountains, rivers, and oceans that we have now, and in the good things of human culture that we have now; the only valid "futurology" available to us is to take care of those things.
	www.stthomas.edu /recycle/future.htm (3704 words)

	Dilbert lands dream home; spouse next? - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		Dilbert, the hit newspaper comic-page character conceived in the image and likeness of the man next door, wants the comfort of a good sofa and convenience at home.
		Dilbert's Ultimate House includes a theater, hoseable bathroom for kids and pet room for the cat or dog in Dilbert's future.
		"Dilbert's Ultimate House," according to Adams, is a sanctuary for the environmentally concerned and the convenience fanatic.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Dec/31/il/il03a.html (425 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		When i bouight this book all i had ever seen of Dilbert was the odd episode on TV and the strip some-times when some-one left an inteligent newspaper on the bus.
		Adams' warns in the first paragraph that "I'm turning the humour mode off for this chapter", and then goes on to explain, in all seriousness, his bizarre views on the relativity of time, "infinite possible universes", an alternative theory to gravity, chaos theory and his experiences with a psychic and repeating daily affirmations.
		The Dilbert Future will put a spin on everyday life, making you view everything in a completely different perspective, but most of all it will make you laugh so hard from the moment you pick it up.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0752272217 (941 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - The 'Dilbert' Books
		Throughout the book are Dilbert cartoons, usually placed in context of what the subject is. There are also emails from fans and email complaints.
		This term is one of the most popular of all those new words coined in Dilbert and has led to the creation of many others, including the term 'a-duh-lescent'.
		This particular prediction stated that 'In the future, the media will kill famous people to generate news that people will care about' (this was predicted slightly before Princess Di's death, which many have commented became more a media circus than a memorial).
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A1128610 (1614 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Dilbert Omnibus, The: "The Dilbert Principle", "The Dilbert Future" and "The Joy ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		In the potatoshaped, abuse-absorbing Dilbert, he has given voice to the millions of workers the world over buffeted by the many adversities of the workplace.
		He followed up with The Dilbert Future, a hilarious look at what the future held for hapless office workers everywhere and finished off his business trilogy with The Joy of Work, a joyously cynical look at the workplace.
		The 2nd book in the omnibus, the dilbert future, is not as funny as the first, but still well worth the read.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0752215019 (475 words)

	dilb0522 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Adams, whose productivity is machine-like, said he wrote ''The Dilbert Future'' in about four months using ideas that have been kicking around in his mind for years.
		Like Adams' two other books, ''The Dilbert Future'' takes deadly aim at a range of targets - bosses, cubicles, the news media, computers, ideas to end poverty and other pressing questions of the late 20th century.
		''The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century'' is to be released June 4.
	www.cincypost.com /business/1997/dilb052297.html (539 words)

	Scott Adams
		In The Dilbert Future, it will become increasingly obvious that your competitors are just as clueless as you are.
		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 mindboggling blend of farce and fact that plays our social hot buttons like a piano, leaving the reader gasping in both wonder and hilarity.
	home.att.net /~k-b-e/adams.htm (476 words)

	Dilbert.com - Press Release
		Scott Adams is the creator of DILBERT, the comic strip that now appears in more than 2,000 newspapers, 65 countries, 25 languages and on the Web at www.dilbert.com, which receives over 1.4 million unique visitors per month.
		His books, The Dilbert Principle, Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook, The Joy Of Work, and The Dilbert Future were all New York Times bestsellers.
		Dilbert, the United Feature Syndicate comic strip, is the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in the world.
	www.unitedmedia.com /comics/dilbert/press_release (488 words)

	Salon \| 21st
		is a remarkable dearth of Chihuahua sightings in "The Dilbert Future," the most recent salvo of off-kilter observations from cartoonist-turned-author Scott Adams.
		Thus the subtitle of "The Dilbert Future": "Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century."
		In the future, rest assured, managers will still be incompetent, and the majority of the population will still be, to use a favorite Adamsian put-down, "in-duh-viduals."
	archive.salon.com /june97/21st/article970619.html (1198 words)

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		He uses metaphors, all right, but he tells a dynamic story: of what-is-what-as-it-is. What's more, Adams' voice for the future is bold, compelling, even schizophrenic vis-à-vis the shape of things to come: of how a futuristic society would evolve.
		It means someone who is not a Dilbert reader, bright and attractive; but someone who's an idiot.
		He is also convinced that there will be any number of high-tech gadgets that will goof off, and still play a major part in everyone's life.
	wordoscope.com /critique/stupid-is.html (694 words)

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		The Dilbert Index (DILBX) is made up of companies who bear the closest resemblance to Dilbert's own company, according to my e-mail.
		I recently read an article that quoted Griffith as saying that Dilbert is, "less a comic strip than a marketing concept." I did a web search to confirm the quote, but all I could find was a streaming video clip of a TV interview where Griffith was plugging his upcoming animated Zippy TV show.
		The paperback version of The Dilbert Future will be out at the same time, with some updated information about "the weird chapter 14." Dilbert Animated TV Show ------------------------ We're in full production for the January 1999 release of the Dilbert animated series.
	www.bastichlabz.org /tigger/TechHumor/dilbert200.txt (3508 words)

	scott adams
		‘dilbert’ is a satirical comic strip about a micro-managed office environment, designboom interviewed cartoonist scott adams.......................................
		handbook, the dilbert future, and the joy of work’;.
		dilbert is a composite of my co-workers over the years.
	www.designboom.com /eng/interview/adams.html (806 words)

	Visions Feb 99 - Avoiding the Dilbert Future (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The title of today's talk, actually my wife, Lisa, came up with it, was, "Avoiding the Dilbert Future." I had some five-sentence elaborate title and Lisa boiled it all down to the right thing.
		The Dilbert future is where the pointy-haired one is running everything.
		There's a lot of people going, "Oh, the future of ISPs is like there's just going to be eight of them or four of them." I don't see it happening, for a lot of reasons.
	www.govtech.net /magazine/visions/feb99vision/humphrey/humphrey.php (2532 words)

	Business Wire: Will Dilbert...Do It? If DILBERT AND THE THE WA... @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Dilbert, the cartoon creation of business humorist Scott Adams, has been an international phenomenon for over a decade.
		DILBERT is the most photocopied, pinned-up, downloaded, faxed and e-mailed comic strip in the world.
		Dilbert appears in 2,000 papers in 65 countries and 19 languages, and on the Web at www.dilbert.com, which receives over 1.4 million unique visitors per month.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:94609444&refid=holomed_1 (617 words)

	A Geography Of Time (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		The future may be uncertain, but Dilbert's popularity is anything but.
		In the 21st century world that Dilbert and the gang preview, inanity is as omnipresent as air itself.
		Sure, Adams offers amusing predictions on everything from future technology to the enormous profits to be made in drive-thru pet care, but it's still the comic strips that make the journey through The Dilbert Future a trip to remember.
	www.entrepreneur.com /Magazines/Copy_of_MA_SegArticle/0,4453,227394----2-,00.html (225 words)

	CNN - Dilbert's creator has more bad news for hapless workers - July 31, 1997
		Dilbert's creator has more bad news for hapless workers
		It's a prediction from cartoonist Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, who toils beside hapless colleagues and tries to please incompetent bosses in a cartoon strip that appears in more than 1,500 newspapers and three books.
		Adams' latest tome is "The Dilbert Future." Here he is to tell you more.
	www.cnn.com /SHOWBIZ/9707/31/dilbert (160 words)

	Amazon.com: The Joy of Work : Dilbert's Guide to Finding Happiness at the Expense of Your Co-Workers: Books: Scott Adams (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-22)
		Scott Adams's latest work is not a collection of Dilbert cartoons (though recycled strips are liberally sprinkled throughout); it's a dialogue between the man and his fans disguised as a tongue-in-cheek guide to surviving the corporate life.
		As usual, this fourth Dilbert book?timed to arrive with the UPN animated series this fall?is punctuated throughout by hilarious and apropos Dilbert strips.
		If you've read the other Dilbert books, go ahead and pick this one up, but if you're relatively new to Dilbert, i suggest you read the other books (Scott is a terrific writer) and then come back to this.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0887308716?v=glance (1881 words)

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		Adams puts forward the thesis that, in the future, due to the phenomenal success of the various 'Save The Whales' campaigns, that the world will be plagued by too many whales, not too few.
		Adams puts forward the thesis that, > in the future, due to the phenomenal success of > the various 'Save The Whales' campaigns, that the > world will be plagued by too many whales, not too > few.
		Many-faceted political SF in a complicated future history (actually at least two alternate versions of future history).
	www.biohazardgames.com /board/06-08-00.txt (994 words)

	BookBag@theLogBook.com \| The Dilbert Future
		And if I could blow up and frame only one excerpt from The Dilbert Future, it'd be Adams' scree about how knowledgeable computer geeks should be the desirable alpha males of the future (at least for mating purposes).
		He admits that he doesn't have the scientific knowledge to back any of it up, and goes on to point out that it's just a wacky idea that had hit him (and not necessarily an original one either).
		I believe he later did a chapter-by-chapter subscribers-only novel on his web site at a later date, but I'd rather see a Dilbert book on science and scientific theories, present and future, than a book on that same subject co-written by William Shatner.
	www.thelogbook.com /read/q3-02/future.htm (470 words)

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