Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2023-07-13
Books mentioned on Part Two: How The Dilbert Guy Lost His Mind
Robert is joined again by cartoonist Randy Milholland to continue to discuss Scott Adams. See omnystudio.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a classic self-help guide focused on effective communication, relationship building, and interpersonal skills.
Discussed“Dale Carnegie's How to Win Friends and Influence People is kind of The Unofficial con artist's Bible because a lot of those tactics he talks about in terms of building relationships and being successful in business are ideal for getting people to trust you”
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The confidence game
The Confidence Game by Maria Konnikova is an engaging non-fiction exploration of con artists, the psychology of deception, and the reasons why ordinary people repeatedly fall victim to scams.
Discussed“and Maria is the author of a book on cons and conman called The Confidence Game and here's Maria talking about Dale”
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The Art of War
The Art of War by Sun Tzu is an ancient Chinese military treatise attributed to the strategist Sun Tzu, offering timeless tactical and strategic principles applicable to conflict, competition, and leadership.
Discussed“and a lot of Dale's advice is kind of stuff again it's not like necessarily all that problematic and in fact it's kind of like The Art of War and that if you like read it today because some of the things he wrote about have been so like spread so widely you'll be really bored it'll seem it's like”
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The Peter Principle
The Peter Principle by Dr.
Discussed“in 1969 Lawrence co-wrote a book called the Peter Principle the nut of the argument he made in the book was this quote”
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The Dilbert Principle
Discussed“in 1996 Justice Dilbert was blowing up he decided to put his own spin on the Peter Principle in his first text-based book so this is not like a book of cartoons this is like a non-fiction book The Dilbert principle the delivery that was the book”
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The Dilbert future
Discussed“the next year he publishes the Dilbert future which of course I also read as a small child the subtitle of the book was thriving on stupidity in the 21st century”
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How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams is a self-improvement guide that explores personal growth through the lens of systems thinking, skill accumulation, and unique personal strategies.
Discussed“in 2013 he writes a book called How to fail at almost everything and still win big and it's another it's him kind of pretending to be humble where he's like I was bad at all of this stuff and I still got super successful”
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God's debris
God's Debris by Scott Adams is a philosophical fiction novella structured around a dialogue between a wealthy businessman and an aging Catholic priest who discuss the nature of reality, free will, and divinity.
Critiqued“so God's debris which is the sequel is even more outside here again yeah it's a sequel the whole thing is like a pseudo-socratic dialogue”
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The religion war
The Religion War by Scott Adams is a speculative fiction novel that serves as a sequel to the author's earlier philosophical work, God's Debris, exploring themes of geopolitics and religious conflict through a futuristic lens.
Discussed“one is called the religion war and one is called God's debris have you read these books”
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Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“or on the other end of the show great cartoonist Alan Moore wrote a book called Jerusalem and I'm going to be honest I haven't read it”
“I have a book called After the Revolution you can find it anywhere you find books like type it whatever wherever you get your books type it in”