Scott Adams: In his own words
As of this writing, 60% of the voting public views Donald Trump unfavorably. In the 2D world, you assume he is doomed in the general election. But let’s bump up to the third dimension and see how it looks from there. For starters, we have watched Trump confound most pundits by improving…
Read MoreRegular readers of this blog might remember that I broke up with my government in 2013 after they were involved in torturing both of my parents to death. (See last paragraph of this post.) Today is payback. Now you know my motivation. It’s personal. If polls hold, Iowa is going to fire the government…
Read MoreFor regular readers of this blog only, see if you can find a persuader’s fingerprints in this video clip (or the text below it). Then tell me who the persuader is. You’re looking for a one-word tell. See it? Update: For the answer, look for the uncommon word in the title at this link….
Read MoreDonald Trump says he won’t appear at the upcoming debate on FOX if Megyn Kelly is a moderator, and as of this writing, it appears she will be. Some of you asked me how this move by Trump could possibly be a smart thing. On the 2D playing field, Trump…
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Read More“Give me liberty, or give me death!” – Patrick Henry Patrick Henry is one of the founders of the United States, and here we see him using a high-ground move and making his listeners think past the sale. Patrick Henry was a Master Persuader and a patriot. So were the…
Read MoreThis post will make more sense to the people familiar with the systems-versus-goals idea in my book. One of the most powerful systems I have seen involves layering one modest skill on top of another until the effect is something special. For example, I combined the following modest skills into a…
Read MoreAs I have taught you, persuasion can be ranked like this: 1. Identity (best) 2. Analogy (okay) 3. Reason (useless) Bernie Sanders had been operating in the lower two categories along with Hillary Clinton. But his new ad, set to a Simon and Garfunkel tune, is pure identity (America!) and pure…
Read MoreIn late October 2015, Hillary Clinton started playing the gender card. I predicted that her support would start dropping after I heard her play that card in the televised debate. See this graph of her dropping popularity with men in Iowa. That last drop-off in November starts soon after she went full-sexist. In…
Read MoreIf your firewall is being run by the British Government, see the image on Twitter here. Changing topics… My top-performing tweet of late predicts (indirectly) a Trump landslide if he runs agains Clinton. See if you recognize the tell before I describe it. The tell is the high number of likes…
Read MoreMost women in the United States believe they live in a patriarchy. Most men (as far as I can tell) believe they live in a matriarchy. They can’t both be right. Right? But they are both right. Because we all experience our own reality. As a wealthy, single male over 50, I live in…
Read MoreIn the United Kingdom, opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn – evidently a Master Persuader himself – made this clever offer to Donald Trump. “I decided to invite Donald Trump on his visit to Britain to come with me to my constituency because he has problems with Mexicans and he has problems…
Read MoreI watched the GOP presidential debate last night. You might wonder how I scored it. In the standard world of 2D politics, where reason matters, perhaps Kasich won. But no one cares about Kasich. Or reason. However, in the 3D world of persuasion, where identity beats analogy, and analogy beats…
Read MoreIf your company firewall is being stubborn, see the image on Twitter here.
Read MoreIf I asked you to describe Donald Trump’s supporters in one word, you might say angry. As I have taught you in the Master Persuader series, if most people have the same explanation for a thing, they’re probably right. Now suppose I asked you for one word to describe what the opponents of Donald Trump…
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