Scott Adams: In his own words
About ten times a day I see a link on the Internet to a video clip that looks interesting or newsworthy. I usually click that link because apparently I am incapable of learning from experience. As you know, videos on the Internet sometimes crash your device. Sometimes they start but…
Read MoreIf your firewall is blocking the image, see it on Twitter here. Humor Dimensions: recognition, cleverness, bizarre, cruel Predicted sharing: Medium-high because the “people are dumb” idea always travels. No disqualifying concepts and safe for work. On Top Tech Blog: Here come 3D holograms that float in the air without special glasses. I plan to leave a…
Read MoreAs a writer, I keep bumping into topics that cannot be communicated for a variety of reasons. I thought I would list them so you see how many there are. That’s the surprising part. Feel free to skim it to get to the content after. Secrets: Someone asked you not…
Read MoreSports are poorly engineered. Actually, most sports are not engineered at all. Things just evolved over time. That’s why our major sports are unnecessarily dangerous, expensive, and boring – at least by the standards of modern times. Sports are still fine for watching. Actually, the spectating has never been better….
Read MoreWould a Libertarian favor laws designed to reduce the number of new tax laws? Guest blogger Diana Wales explores some options for the small-government crowd. There Ought to be a Law – Part Deux-Over By Diana Wales My last blog attempt (here) was an unmitigated, epic failure. I tried to…
Read MoreIf your firewall is blocking the image, see it on Twitter here. Humor Dimensions: Recognition (headlines about self-driving cars), clever (humans are meat cargo to unionizing cars, and they only dump every 100th passenger), cruel (third panel), and bizarre (cars unionize, robots talk). Predicted Sharing: Low, because self-driving cars are not yet important…
Read MoreSuppose you could push a button and brainwash another person into changing his thinking to match your preferences. Would it be ethical to push that button? You probably had a bad reaction to the thought of brainwashing another human. It seems counter to every notion of freedom we have. And…
Read MoreIf your company firewall is blocking the image, see it on Twitter here. Humor Dimensions Used: (4) Recognition (current news), cleverness (oddity of water being expensive and oil being cheap, solution of moving robots to California), cruel (robots stealing a state from idiot humans), bizarre (talking robot, surfing robot) Predicted Sharing:…
Read MoreConfession: I am a serial interrupter. If I don’t like what you are saying, I might start start talking over you while hoping my rudeness makes you stop. If I am in a hurry, and you are taking too long to form a thought, I will cut you off just to…
Read MoreBy Diana Wales – Special Guest Blogger There Ought to be a Law I’m a law and order kind of gal, and I often imagine new ways to catch or punish criminals. For example, when some punk spray-paints his initials or gang symbol all over someone else’s property, I think…
Read MoreCNN reports on a new study showing there is a HUGE gender bias in hiring decisions in the United States and it has been this way in some fields since the eighties. You already knew there was gender bias in hiring (duh) but you probably did not know how bad it was. Check…
Read MoreIf your firewall is blocking these images, see them on Twitter here. Predicted Sharing: High. Popular topic in the news. Gentle humor and a clear target audience. Weed reference will inhibit sharing a bit. Humor Dimensions: recognition, cruelty, bizarre (talking robot) Over at Top Tech Blog: A gyroscope smaller than a human hair moves humankind…
Read MoreWhat will happen when computers can simulate human thinking well enough to fool us every time? Will the machines appear “alive” but somehow soulless to us? The major religions of the world believe humans have souls. What happens to those belief systems when we see robots that think and act exactly…
Read MoreI posted this comic on Twitter a few minutes ago and already I can tell it will be the most retweeted content I have ever created. If your firewall is blocking the image, see it on Twitter here. Humor Dimensions: Cruel, clever, recognizable, bizarre (talking robot) Predicted Virality: High (already obvious). Reference to…
Read MoreA few years ago my parents came for a visit. My mother had terminal lung cancer but she was keeping it a secret. I was host for the week, and it was hard to come up with ideas to keep my parents entertained because they had limited mobility. I asked…
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