Scott Adams and Intellectual Courage

Scott Adams and the Gift of Life

The late cartoonist's predicament during his final illness is a perfect example of the pressure the existence of assisted suicide puts on people.

Scott Adams and Intellectual Courage

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Scott Adams and Intellectual Courage ⋆ Brownstone Institute

Scott Adams and Intellectual Courage by Jeffrey A. Tucker at Brownstone Institute When Scott Adams died, People Magazine led with a line that dominated most of the media for days: “Scott Adams, Disgraced Dilbert Creator, Dies at 69.” It’s a message for the living: depart from saying what you are supposed to say and you will lose everything. Even in death, your life will be called worthless. This was not eulogy but rather an enforcement action to…

Scott A. on Scott A. on Scott A.

Scott Alexander has put up one of his greatest posts ever, a 10,000-word eulogy to Dilbert creator Scott Adams, of which I would’ve been happy to read 40,000 words more. In it, Alexander trains a microscope on Adams’ tragic flaws as a thinker and human being, but he adds: In case it’s not obvious, I loved Scott Adams. Partly this is because we’re too similar for me to hate him without hating myself. And: Adams was my teacher in a more literal …

Scott Alexander on Scott Adams – Grey Enlightenment

Leave it to Scott Alexander to write the most epic Scott Adams obituary. Adding to the confusion, Scott Adams and Alexander share the same first name and initials, and I will leave it to the reader to infer which Scott I am referring to. Scott writes: But it would be insufficiently ambitious to stop there. Adams’ comics were about the nerd experience. About being cleverer than everyone else, not just in the sense of being high IQ, but in the sen…