Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-07-11
Books mentioned on Part One: How The Dilbert Guy Lost His Mind
Robert sits down with cartoonist Randy Milholland to discuss Scott Adams and the secret of his madness. (2 Part Series) Footnotes: https://web.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Win bigly
Win Bigly by Scott Adams is a political and persuasive non-fiction book that analyzes Donald Trump's communication strategies through the lens of a master persuader, while also detailing the author's own ideological views and personal history.
Discussed“in his nearly unreadable book win bigly Scott claims that during uh this first period of interest um in drawing he was a regular churchgoer”
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The Science of Getting Rich
The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace Wattles is a foundational 1910 self-help text outlining a three-step method centered on asking, believing, and receiving to achieve financial success.
Discussed“affirmations are a practice that's birthed by the new thought movement which himself itself evolved from books like Think and Grow Rich and the science of getting rich in the early 1900s”
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Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a classic personal development and self-improvement book that explores the psychological power of thought and personal belief in achieving financial and life success.
Discussed“affirmations are a practice that's birthed by the new thought movement which himself itself evolved from books like Think and Grow Rich and the science of getting rich in the early 1900s”
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The trouble with Dilbert
Discussed“in 1997 a guy named Norman Solomon who's a journalist and a media critic wrote a book called The Trouble with Dilbert”
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The Joy of Work
Discussed“eventually he publishes a whole book the next year called The Joy of work that has this super long member as a kid I read this book is like a 10 year old and you know it's a bunch of like funny jokes about like offices and then there's this long diatribe about Norman Solomon”
