Scott Adams: Loserthink

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Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California

4 жыл бұрын

Scott Adams has drawn nearly 9,000 cartoons since starting "Dilbert" 30 years ago. His cynical take on white-collar office workspaces propelled him to widespread success and acclaim, while his ongoing commentary on politics and President Trump have kept him in national news.
In his newest book, Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America, Adams explores the epidemic of mental shortcuts that make us prone to believing in bad ideas. Adams explores how loserthink makes people stereotype all Trump supporters as racists, believe that gun control is equal to full confiscation and avoid personal reflection during a relationship’s end.
Through Loserthink, Adams provides the tools for spotting, avoiding and fighting against loserthink. In doing so, Adams argues that logic and rationality, not emotion, is the most important part of any argument, political or not.
Join us for a conversation with Scott Adams as he urges us to think deeper and more critically, breaking free from loserthink.
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@MrStevie57 Жыл бұрын

He seems happier than he does now.

@kkpaine Жыл бұрын

News = entertainment (Scott comment). When CNN was taken to court, think in LA, about their lying on Russiagate, their defense - that prevailed - was they provide entertainment, not news. Their watchers, they claim, understand that distinction.

@pondape 3 жыл бұрын

Props to the sound guy, clear audio right here with those mics.

@MrChassmith 4 жыл бұрын

I note how Adams gets emotional when talking about Peterson in rehab. He's seen something profound, and it moves him.

@joemac84 4 жыл бұрын

Scott is one of the great thinkers and he’s not afraid to tell the truth. What a breath of fresh air that is.

@wavyremix Жыл бұрын

PFAHAHAAHAHAHAH

@Laayon19 Жыл бұрын

He doesn't know the truth, yet he will still speak it and that's the problem. Pride makes you dumb.

@user-tr4ej8mw4s Жыл бұрын

That has a fresh meaning now!

@Trytocookthis 4 жыл бұрын

Fun interview. Glad to see Mr Scott Adams on your stage. :)

@ssstaffordva6113 4 жыл бұрын

Scot, 25 flashlights is just a starter collection, according to my husband.

@room2growrose623 3 жыл бұрын

I blame the 24 hr news cycle for the decline of journalism

@letekro Жыл бұрын

It was always awful because sensationalism and one-sidedness will always be more interesting to the masses. That it was once valuable is an illusion.

@boycotte 4 жыл бұрын

Scott's periscope on KZfaq is the ONLY source of news for me! The guy is a genius. P.S: The interviewer is annoying but kinda hot:))

@rupertbloomsbury9789 4 жыл бұрын

Loserthink - viewing women as objects not subjects.

@IanGerritsen 4 жыл бұрын

You probably know this and are exaggerating a bit, but having only one news source isn't ideal. I'd recommend Shapiros show on the Daily Wire (right) and Tim Pool (left). Though Tim Pool is kind of like Scott in that he's left but spends a lot of his time calling out the insanity of the left. I find the combination of the three gets me a much better view of whats going on and I catch myself changing my opinion/perception of things by the time I've watched all three.

@I_Lemaire 4 жыл бұрын

Keep it professional.

@starwreck 4 жыл бұрын

REEEEEEEEE sexist misogynist patriarchy something something

@MrChassmith 4 жыл бұрын

Adams is not a lefty. He thinks for himself in what appears a very practical mode. Libertarian describes it better.

@coniccinoc 4 жыл бұрын

I find Scott Adams interesting and thought provoking. I enjoy his writing and videos.

@sebastianforbes1 2 жыл бұрын

- well done sir !.. thought-provoking is so much better than thought-cancelling

@literatious308 4 жыл бұрын

Please enable auto Closed Captioning for your hearing impaired viewers. Thanks

@commonwealthclubworldaffairs 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reminder! The closed captioning is now available.

@johnmadany9829 4 жыл бұрын

Is bringing a flamethrower to a stick fight analogous to bring a Narwal tusk to a knife fight?

@jamesdriscoll9405 4 жыл бұрын

Four flashlights within arms reach. I feel ya Scott.

@BrianMillerCGN 3 жыл бұрын

Only 2 within my arms reach atm, but I used 3 different ones already today, and it is not even noon yet.

@spooly 3 жыл бұрын

Scott Adam's daily videos are great. He is a really valuable critical thinker which I respect.

@cheese3416 4 жыл бұрын

Love Scott

@patrickl6932 4 жыл бұрын

Scott Adams is a genius. I love this man.

@parras65 3 жыл бұрын

Hope you'll check this video again, every prediction he made was wrong.. Genius, I think not...

@patrickl6932 3 жыл бұрын

@@parras65 Nah. You're out of it, man

@parras65 3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickl6932 I guess facts are not your thing..

@patrickl6932 3 жыл бұрын

@@parras65 Id say the same to you. Maybe tell that to Scotts tens of millions of dollars.

@parras65 3 жыл бұрын

@@patrickl6932 You do know that what Scott said is proven wrong? And he made his money on Dilbert, not being a profet.. But again I guess you're impressed by money and not facts

@Debbie_George Жыл бұрын

Scott is very much in command here.

@jomgelborn 4 жыл бұрын

Could the host be any worse at interviewing. Ask about flashlights instead of the book?

@moaningpheromones Жыл бұрын

it's a long interview - can't spend a minute on something else?

@jackburton7062 Жыл бұрын

Is getting a clot shot a loser idea? Asking for a friend.

@TCFan30 3 жыл бұрын

I think he meant fleshlights

@mavrosyvannah 3 жыл бұрын

I've been saying history never repeats for 40 years, ... Repeating myself... Historically speaking.

@anakolb1673 2 жыл бұрын

THE NUMBERS AND STASTICS CAN WE QUESTION THE SOUCES?

@coniccinoc 4 жыл бұрын

I am in the process of reading Scott Adams "Loserthink" for the second time. Powerful, brilliant author. Love his work.

@henrimatisse7481 2 жыл бұрын

really, and from a cartoonist? Its escapes any logical thinking

@coniccinoc 2 жыл бұрын

@@henrimatisse7481 The fact that he is a highly successful cartoonist carries weight with me. I don't want to listen to someone tell me how to get ahead in life who hasn't accomplished anything.

@room2growrose623 3 жыл бұрын

Point of clarification, Peterson took an antidepressant that he didn’t realize had truly physical consequences and had to wean off of it. But, this is why I have coffee with Scott every day 😊

@davidbell2880 4 жыл бұрын

Oh man there are a few awkward moments here, like the comment about the interviewers husband and the excessive questions about flashlights. one or two was fine, but she went overboard.

@freedomfighter5222 4 жыл бұрын

Sorry but quite stupid questioning and that nervous laughter

@Debbie_George Жыл бұрын

Infotainment is king.

@patricktuorto 4 жыл бұрын

In short, acquire the mentorships of a Jedi Master and a Sith Lord to obtain the power of a Trump...(or at least a mild facsimile thereof...)

@runemartinguldberg9056 3 жыл бұрын

Was Ricky Gervais the Office inspired by Adams Dilbert ??

@mastersofwar324 3 жыл бұрын

When they flat-out said they want full gun confiscation I think it's pretty reasonable to think that they would! Unreal

@DrJohnnyJ 3 жыл бұрын

Who is they? No democratic party official said that.

@aprizk 3 жыл бұрын

"What company did you work for?" "A major one." That's not what he said but soooo what I wanted him to answer lol

@tayas591 2 жыл бұрын

Omg. Her laugh!

@anakolb1673 2 жыл бұрын

you are all greAT SPEAKERS!

@glendamcgee1779 Жыл бұрын

Many points of disagreement / much engagement and edification - quite the guy.

@PaliAha Жыл бұрын

7 min in and I’m falling asleep. The most vapid interview on the CW Club.

@Debbie_George Жыл бұрын

Flashlights should be all over the house.

@ebaylistentomusic 4 жыл бұрын

Interviewer is hard to take, I'll look for another interview but for the most part I like Scott best on his own.

@Thrice_Greatest 3 жыл бұрын

With all due respect, the posture and framing used when asking Scott about climate change reiterates how little she and many others in the crowd know about "climate change", along with where the question takes them... Fear. Scott encourages the use of critical thought on the topic, and positive thinking, which in the end still gets the tasteless comment "on that optimistic note". Maintaining the status quo, destroys critical thought.

@rsaunable 4 жыл бұрын

What's with the dumb hammer to start?

@alizak770 4 жыл бұрын

Projecting GDP has a lot of variables. What if demographics change? Especially, if productive, competent people do not reproduce. Industry may decline, and reduce the negative effects of industry on the environment. If socialism takes over and removes profit incentive, that also reduces human effect on the environment. Or, lets say our society does remain innovating and we learn ways to preserve the environment? There are too many variable to use straight line projections.

@MrBoreray 4 жыл бұрын

No 'what ifs' about it as we're now in the middle of a world economic meltdown due to the Coronavirus.

@DrJohnnyJ 3 жыл бұрын

Nobody has used straight-line variables since the 50's.

@kerrinnaude2777 Жыл бұрын

40:00 JBP prediction certainly came true.

@Debbie_George Жыл бұрын

I like rechargeable flashlights.

@anakolb1673 2 жыл бұрын

I AM A FAN OF "DILBERT* AND QUESTIONS!

@flynnlizzy5469 2 жыл бұрын

"Why does Dogbert's tail always wag when.... " WHAT ?????

@j.ianlindsay9322 4 жыл бұрын

?t=3379 I broke my mouse because I hit "Subscribe" so fast. Seriously on top of the most intelligent response to someone telling you "reality" is a "simulation" (whatever is meant when someone says those words). Fashionable mysticism. Rehashed Descartes.

@Tenebrousable 4 жыл бұрын

That laugh?

@jomgelborn 4 жыл бұрын

could she be any worse?

@lizparenzan4761 4 жыл бұрын

Just awful. I can’t stand women interviewers, and I’m a woman.

@Will-ds2qw 4 жыл бұрын

"I used to do economics projections for a living" Now I am a cartoonist. Your discussion of climate change makes me laugh Scott. Thanks!

@taguin0d 2 жыл бұрын

I thought Sam said the title was “The orange one”

@anakolb1673 2 жыл бұрын

what about ethics! I do appreciate the use of techniques! what about ethics? do you what whatbhethics know?

@lockbert99 4 жыл бұрын

Economists think well? Spoken like someone who majored in economics. After the 2008 Great Recession the New York Times lauded economics writer, Krugman, and someone named Eggertson, conceded that the vast majority of economic models completely ignore private debt. So they would have no concern about banks giving out mortgages to people the bank knew couldn’t afford them and selling them to Wall Street banks who then bundled them in with other mortgages and sold them to pension funds in Iceland, etc. Economists think well and yet they ignored private debt in modeling the economy?

@sportsmediaamerica 2 жыл бұрын

Krugman sucks. While I have respect for Adams, his occasional trumpeting of his "economics degree" rings hollow. I don't think it makes him an "economist."

@jakedunnegan 3 жыл бұрын

The political talk didn't age well (it almost never does. Things never go as predicted) but it just goes to show how different Covid changed *everything*.

@sportsmediaamerica 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely spot-on response. That was clearly a pre-COVID situation and room energy, and the anti-Trump feelings by late 2019 had moderated for the average guy, and people were just working hard, earning money, living peacefully and really not worried about things. Clearly, the desperate Dems then realized they had to pull out all the stops, including lying about and slandering Trump, and then of course accusing him of "botching" COVID, all of which was nothing but a crock of lying shit. America was sold down the river, and look at the mayhem and economic distress now.

@kynismos 4 жыл бұрын

He probably lied about the flashlights.

@Laayon19 Жыл бұрын

Scottys Clottys 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽

@teeI0ck 3 жыл бұрын

Manjistha Seeburn

@anakolb1673 2 жыл бұрын

ethics = respect of life , respect for different oppinions?

@MENDLER1 4 жыл бұрын

Scott’s positions on abortion and drugs are a perfect example of Loserthink!

@marylouleeman 4 жыл бұрын

still i love to hear him think

@davidbell2880 4 жыл бұрын

I agree, it doesn't make sense that a only the woman should have a say over something both a guy and girl made, BUT he does have other really good ideas that are worth learning from.

@TanakaJulian 3 жыл бұрын

You're missing the point about his abortion idea. In many jurisdictions, women are more prolife than men are. Restricting the debate to women would reveal how controversial it actually is.

@anakolb1673 2 жыл бұрын

FOR NORMAL PEOPLE!

@trentbell2718 4 жыл бұрын

Around 55min Scott argues that atoms don't exist til they are observed. What? That makes no sense. So planets outside of our view aren't really there unless we see them? What the hell

@milijananovakovic2639 4 жыл бұрын

It's true. All of reality is a projection.

@koitaki 4 жыл бұрын

Yairs, a lot of what Scott says is rooted in his own view of reality.

@MrBoreray 4 жыл бұрын

A lot of stuff we DO observe in the universe doesn't exist in that form anymore,anyway there's nothing wrong with a bit of evidence now and again to ascertain the existence of something or other.

@DrJohnnyJ 3 жыл бұрын

Read quantum mechanics. Schrodinger's cat

@travelingmindful 6 ай бұрын

Comment at 30:57 has not aged well...

@sebastianforbes1 2 жыл бұрын

a lot of missing information... 1) subscription... 2) No. of viewers... 3) No. of feedback... SA was awesome but CC are not demonstrating anything ???..

@panchang810 Жыл бұрын

So what has happened to him now? 🤔

@clarkgriswold5842 Жыл бұрын

braindead leftists labeled him a raysust for speaking the truth

@rbspider 4 жыл бұрын

I would not tell anyone that the reason my car is dirty is the reason you gave here.

@realSamAndrew 3 жыл бұрын

The same guy who cleans his pool could wash his car, or he could pay someone, perhaps a neighbor's kid to do it. No excuse.

@GilmerJohn 3 жыл бұрын

@@realSamAndrew -- Oh, his given excuse isn't much. He was just saying "lip service" to the idea of his car being freshly washed. I suspect he's like me: it's not worth the trouble to wash your car all the time. His "fear of the car wash," I'm guessing, is just a story for the rubes.

@sportsmediaamerica 2 жыл бұрын

@@GilmerJohn Is Scott afraid of the waterhose at his Walnut Creek mansion??? No instructions needed to be afraid of!

@HR-yd5ib 4 жыл бұрын

Talking about compliments --- the moderator has a great laugh!

@HR-yd5ib 4 жыл бұрын

@kiloscott , frankly its the worst laugh i have ever heard. Hence i thought the irony was obvious. Not so much apparently.

@FatHulkRideEbike 4 жыл бұрын

@@HR-yd5ib It makes it almost unwatchable.

@anakolb1673 2 жыл бұрын

you are winners but at which cost ?

@robertjeffrey5560 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah buddy, scott knows all about loser think lol

@koitaki 4 жыл бұрын

Scott Adams wrote an autobiography?

@lani0 2 жыл бұрын

Somewhat an autobiography- how to lose at everything and win big

@koitaki 2 жыл бұрын

@@lani0 Cheers Karthik. My question was more snark sarcasm - I'm far from a fan of Adams, given his estranged relationship with facts & logic, alongside his penchant for re-wrappinging others' work as outputs of his own genius.

@timerian 4 жыл бұрын

What a great interviewer.

@firstlast1357 4 жыл бұрын

I asked my neighbour why Jesus has not come yet, “he is in rehab” he answered.

@sportsmediaamerica 2 жыл бұрын

This interviewer is really attractive and smart and sexy.

@moaningpheromones Жыл бұрын

I'd do a fitness class with her push-ups ab raises squats give her a good full body workout

@henrimatisse7481 2 жыл бұрын

Whoa, am I expected to give my money to an old man rich enough to attract and marry a person half his age so he can support trump? No I will not. Think for yourselves youtubers.

@AndrewTate2Prison 2 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed that's why I check out his books for free at the public library.

@technofeeliak 3 ай бұрын

Remember that Scott Adams is persuasive. But a lot of what he says is nonsense. He wants you to believe he can predict what isn't obvious to everyone. He'll tell you something true, you believe him, so naturally everything else he says you either accept at face value or you question yourself about.

@gazzmann9569 4 жыл бұрын

Always like hearing Scott, but this woman has a great sense of humor.

@JPDillon 4 жыл бұрын

Funny, because I was going to say the exact opposite. Scott frequently talks about how about 1/3 of the population don't recognize a joke when they hear or see one. She doesn't seem to recognized that the things she says as jokes aren't jokes at all.

@Paul-uw2my 4 жыл бұрын

Good lord, what a fox. Not you, Scott.

@realSamAndrew 3 жыл бұрын

Body yes, rest meh.

@carlharmeling512 Ай бұрын

Stoner think teaches loser think.

@jacktanner7738 Жыл бұрын

Recommend Scott to friends and acquaintances.

@kbchaffin53 3 жыл бұрын

This guy got lucky with a comic strip, made big money, and now he thinks he's the only person who can think rationally. That belief itself shows he no longer knows what reality is. He's a fucking cartoonist, not Plato.

@moaningpheromones Жыл бұрын

bad opinion, fact, projection, bad opinion, fact, bad opinion. have a nice day loserthink

@Trytocookthis 4 жыл бұрын

I watch Gutfeld and Watters to get a little news and a little bit of laughs at the same time. And I only do that through Fox's clips released on KZfaq. Yes, it is news but it is also entertainment. There are other outlets that I cannot stand watching because they are way too eager and giddy to announce -hiccups- DOOM in USA's Leadership.

@DrJohnnyJ 3 жыл бұрын

Like the breakup of NATO, Iran enriching uranium without control, N. Korea having nuclear weapons, Iran controlling Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Yemen, Russian-controlled agents being named Trump's campaign manager and head of the NSA? Hiccups? I live overseas and everyone has given up on us just like last time we had a Republican tool in the White House.

@dantheman332 2 жыл бұрын

Wow ... just wow .... Gutfeld is not funny at all

@Trytocookthis 10 ай бұрын

@@dantheman332 the show had its funny moments.

@mb3558 9 ай бұрын

Interviewer is rather vapid and somewhat passive-aggressive - waste of interview potential!

@Mafonek1 3 жыл бұрын

for the guy who says that he is speaking about simulation a lot, he totally failed at representing Elon Musk's argument :(

@jchsixstring 4 жыл бұрын

Wtf is that laugh?

@TanakaJulian 3 жыл бұрын

He has a problem with his vocal cords.

@winchesterbear 4 жыл бұрын

Simulated "people" will never "know" or think

@wbaumschlager 4 жыл бұрын

This explains why all the other people are so stupid. They are all NPCs.

@ehong123 4 жыл бұрын

Loserthink is strong here by the commenters. Believing in simulation actually makes someone stronger and enable them in getting ahead because now you can try to hack the simulation. That's why Elan Musk believes in it and many other intelligent people do as well.

@tomrecane6366 4 жыл бұрын

The word Cynical says it all.

@patrickl6932 4 жыл бұрын

Why?

@Dahmac Жыл бұрын

Ugh this lady

@aloevera7422 4 жыл бұрын

She looks like leia

@morthim 4 жыл бұрын

"tell me one thing you think is true that you think i don't think is true" "they ussually disappear after the third one" because that is extremely disingenuous. regardless of whether it is true, you can claim anything they claim is something you also believe, and after the 3rd time they catch on. you haven't changed their mind, you've lost.