Scott Adams' BlogTrump on Carson
If you have nine minutes, and you want to see the most interesting political speech of all time, watch Donald Trump compare Ben Carson to other “pathological” folks such as pedophiles.
Yeah, that happened yesterday.
0 CommentsElection Notes (Trump and Stuff)
In no particular order.
Trump the Incumbent
When Trump hosted Saturday Night Live, his opening skit involved a future fantasy with Trump as president doing great things. As regular readers of this blog noted that night, he made you think past the sale. I assume Trump was involved in approving or suggesting that theme. Brilliant persuasion technique. Probably his best move so far.
In the minds of many, Trump is already running as an incumbent president. He simply seems as if he already has the job. Trump has made you think of him as both the sitting president … and an outsider… at the same time. Hypnotists use this method so the subject will embrace the interpretation with the greatest personal appeal. Do you like Trump for being an outsider, or do you like him as the incumbent president of your imagination? Pick one.
0 CommentsMy Tissue Management System
My tissue management system might seem excessive to you, but allow me to explain.
When you need a tissue, timing can be critical. Unfortunately, the tissue industry does not attract the finest industrial designers in the land. There is no Jony Ive in the snot-removal business. I don’t mean to be unkind, but tissue box designers are probably not the same people who designed the Tesla. That’s all I’m saying.
0 CommentsVoluntary Restricted Democracy
Today I defend my view that men should voluntarily abstain from the political conversation about abortion. Then I’ll extend the same thinking to an unrelated topic – immigration.
0 CommentsThe Five-Screen Industry
Note: My Disqus social sign-in still doesn’t work but I got in direct. I saw the Disqus help in comments. Thank you. Not sure if what you changed fixed this. I hadn’t tried direct.
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Sometimes governments promote technology standards that birth entire industries. The Internet is one example. GPS is another. And cellphones depend on the government managing who gets to use what bandwidth.
0 CommentsThe Upside of Ben Carson
I recently blogged that a Trump presidency would probably boost confidence in the economy and pay a big dividend in GDP over time. Economies move with psychology, and Trump is the best at business-related psychology in all its forms.
But what about Ben Carson, you ask? Does he bring an economic upside too?
Yes – a monstrous one. In fact, Carson brings with him the Godzilla of economic possibilities. And I apologize for not putting together the pieces until now. Carson is a once-in-a-generation economic opportunity for the United States. He could bring an asset to the White House that you might never see again. That asset is the fixer of climate change. It is the healthcare improvement of all time. It is an enormous boost to worker productivity, if not the largest ever. What could be such a big deal, you ask?
0 CommentsThe Cage Fight President
As regular readers know, I believe humans are moist robots with little awareness of why we do what we do. For example, someone (I’m not sure who) pointed out that the American public usually votes for the presidential team that would win a cage fight. Let’s see if you agree. I will consider only the presidents from my lifetime, which roughly corresponds to the age of television.
Keep in mind that Republicans have lost every time they had a disabled vet (McCain and Dole) or a woman (Ferraro) on the ticket. Jimmy Carter, at 5′9″ lost reelection to Reagan. Those are the obvious ones. Let’s look at some more matchup.
0 CommentsDownhill Both Ways
If you designed a city from scratch, could you build a major highway through it that was downhill both ways?
I’ll try to describe how that could work. And yes, I will be cheating.
0 CommentsFunny Juxtaposition
This tweet would not have been so popular without the word “smugly.”
Why Donald Trump will Ruin the World
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to write about Donald Trump today. Then I saw this video clip in which a bearded fellow claims to know Trump’s morning routine. According to the bearded guy, an assistant brings a stack of Trump-related newspaper clips to Trump every morning. Trump glances at them, but rarely reads them, somewhere at around 6 AM. The headline for the video clip touts that it “tells you everything you need to know about Donald Trump.”
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