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{{Short description|American cartoonist and author (born 1957)}}
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'''Scott Raymond Adams''' (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist. He is the creator of the ''[[Dilbert]]'' comic strip, and the author of several nonfiction works of business, commentary, and satire. Adams worked in various clerical roles before he became a full-time cartoonist in 1995. While working at [[Pacific Bell]] in 1989, Adams created ''Dilbert''; by the mid-1990s the strip had gained national prominence in America and began to reach a worldwide audience. ''Dilbert'' remained popular throughout the following decades, spawning several books written by Adams. 

Adams writes in a [[Satire|satirical]] way about the social and psychological landscape of [[white-collar worker]]s in modern corporations. In addition, Adams has written books in various other areas, including the [[Pandeism|pandeistic]] spiritual novella ''[[God's Debris]]'' and books on political and management topics, including ''[[Loserthink]]''.

In February 2023, ''Dilbert'' was dropped by numerous newspapers and its distributor, [[Andrews McMeel Syndication]], after Adams published a video in which he referred to black people as a "hate group" and advised white people to "get the hell away from black people." Adams later said this was a use of hyperbole.<ref name="Episode 2027" /><ref name="hyperbole" /> Adams then relaunched the strip as a [[webcomic]] on his [[locals|locals.com]] website.

==Early life and education==
Adams was born on June 8, 1957,<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Adams, fully Scott Raymond Adams |url=http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/scott-adams-fully-scott-raymond-adams?page=8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101002924/http://www.greatthoughtstreasury.com/author/scott-adams-fully-scott-raymond-adams?page=8 |archive-date=January 1, 2019 |access-date=December 31, 2018 |website=Great Thoughts Treasury}}</ref> in [[Windham (town), New York|Windham, New York]], the son of Paul and Virginia (née Vining) Adams.<ref>{{cite web |title=Virginia Adams Obituary |url=http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/obituaries_from_the_windham_journal_february_2011.htm |access-date=January 16, 2017 |work=RootsWeb |publisher=[[Ancestry.com]] |archive-date=August 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822220819/http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/obituaries_from_the_windham_journal_february_2011.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DilbertFuture">{{Cite book |last=Adams |first=Scott |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59601170 |title=The Dilbert Future : Thriving on Stupidity in the 21st Century |date=1997 |publisher=Boxtree |isbn=0-7522-1118-8 |location=London |oclc=59601170}}</ref> He has described himself as "about half German"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/lets-talk-about-hitler/|title=Let's Talk About Hitler|last=Adams|first=Scott|date=March 10, 2016|access-date=March 10, 2016|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171345/https://www.scottadamssays.com/lets-talk-about-hitler/ }}</ref> and also has English, Irish, Welsh, Scottish, and Dutch ancestry.<ref name="Blog post">{{cite web |last=Adams |first=Scott |url=http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/immigration.html |title=Immigration |access-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161128135100/http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/immigration.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |last=Adams |first=Scott |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCJpmUAy0s#t=76m55s |title=Joe Rogan Experience No. 874 |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=November 28, 2016 |archive-date=November 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161127144126/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJCJpmUAy0s#t=76m55s |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Adams said he had a small amount of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] ancestry,<ref name="Twitter">{{cite tweet |last=Adams |first=Scott |user=ScottAdamsSays |number=752621060210561024 |date=July 11, 2016 |title=@cowperthwait I'm part Native American and it doesn't sound racist to me. Sounds like a businessman smack-talking his casino competitors. |access-date=June 21, 2021}}</ref> but later discovered via [[23andme]] genetic testing that he does not have any detectable Native American genetic markers.<ref name="NoNativeAmer">{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Scott |title=Episode 2099 Scott Adams: Tucker's Rumored Plans, Climate Surprise, Bud Light Lessons, Proud Boys |website=[[YouTube]] |date=May 5, 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHuaLkCu4Zo&t=3360s |language=en |access-date=May 10, 2023 |archive-date=September 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240923021949/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHuaLkCu4Zo&t=3360s |url-status=live }}</ref>  He was a fan of ''[[Peanuts]]'' comics while growing up and started drawing comics at age 6.<ref name="2.0">{{cite book |last=Adams |first=Scott |title=Dilbert 2.0: 20 years of Dilbert |date=2008 |publisher=Andrews McMeel |location=Jamaica City |isbn=978-0-7407-7735-6 }}</ref> He won a drawing competition at age 11.<ref name="2.0" />

Adams graduated from [[Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School]] in 1975 and was the [[valedictorian]] of his class of 39 students. He earned a [[Bachelor's degree|BA]] in economics from [[Hartwick College]] in [[Oneonta, New York]] in 1979.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/about|title=About Scott Adams|work=Scott Adams Says|access-date=November 7, 2017|archive-date=August 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801131240/https://www.scottadamssays.com/about/|url-status=dead}}</ref> He then moved to California and started work.<ref name="2.0" /> In 1986, he earned an [[Master of Business Administration|MBA]] from the [[University of California, Berkeley]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Adams, MBA 86 |publisher=[[Haas School of Business]] |url=http://ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu/community/alumni/profiles/adams_scott.html | access-date=October 18, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171019111838/http://ewmba.haas.berkeley.edu/community/alumni/profiles/adams_scott.html | archive-date = October 19, 2017 | url-status = dead}}</ref> Adams took [[Dale Carnegie Training]] and called it "life changing".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/how-to-get-a-real-education|title=How to Get a Real Education|website=Wall Street Oasis|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=March 8, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308195115/https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/off-topic/how-to-get-a-real-education|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==

===Office worker===
Adams worked closely with telecommunications engineers at [[Crocker National Bank]] in San Francisco between 1979 and 1986. Upon joining the organization, he first worked as a [[Bank teller|teller]]. After four months in which he was twice held up at gunpoint, he entered a management training program.<ref name="2.0"/> His positions included management trainee, computer programmer, budget analyst, commercial lender, product manager, and supervisor.<ref name="2.0"/>

He later shifted to work at [[Pacific Bell]]. To devote time to developing a new career, he woke up every day at 4 a.m. and spent time at various endeavors; cartooning proved to be the most successful of them. Adams created ''Dilbert'' during this period of personal exploration.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRAJpm5AhLg&t=5m2s  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/XRAJpm5AhLg| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=You Don't Become Hitler at 70 |date=October 3, 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The ''Dilbert'' name was suggested by his former boss, Mike Goodwin. Dogbert, originally named Dildog, was loosely based on his family's deceased pet [[beagle]] Lucy.<ref name="2.0"/> His submissions of ''Dilbert'' and other comic panels to various publications, including ''[[The New Yorker]]'' and ''[[Playboy]]'', were not published, but an inspirational letter from a fan persuaded Adams to keep trying.<ref name="2.0"/> He worked at Pacific Bell between 1986 and June 30, 1995, and the personalities he encountered there inspired many of his ''Dilbert'' characters.<ref>{{cite news |first=André |last=Spicer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/23/from-inboxing-to-thought-showers-how-business-bullshit-took-over |title=From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 23, 2017 |access-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-date=November 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127160115/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/23/from-inboxing-to-thought-showers-how-business-bullshit-took-over |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1989, while still employed at Pacific Bell, Adams launched ''Dilbert'' with [[United Media]]. To maintain his income, he continued to draw his cartoons during the early morning hours. His first payment for ''Dilbert'' was a monthly royalty check of $368.62.<ref name="2.0"/> ''Dilbert'' gradually became more popular. It was syndicated in 100 newspapers in 1991 and 400 by 1994. Adams attributed his success to his idea of including his email address in the panels, which resulted in feedback and suggestions from readers.<ref name="2.0"/>

===Full-time cartoonist and author===
Adams' success grew, and he became a full-time cartoonist as ''Dilbert'' reached 800 newspapers. In 1996, his first business book, ''The Dilbert Principle'', was released. It expounded on his concept of the [[Dilbert principle]].<ref name="2.0"/>

In 1997, Adams won the [[National Cartoonists Society]]'s Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist and Best Newspaper Comic Strip.<ref name="2.0" /> [[Logitech]] CEO [[Pierluigi Zappacosta]] invited Adams to impersonate a management consultant, which he did wearing a wig and false mustache. He tricked Logitech managers into adopting a [[mission statement]] that Adams described as "so impossibly complicated that it has no real content whatsoever".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Associated Press |author-link=Associated Press |date=November 16, 1997 |title=Dilbert Creator Fools Execs With Soap Story |url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19971116&slug=2572663 |access-date=December 15, 2022 |website=[[The Seattle Times]] |archive-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221215052852/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19971116&slug=2572663 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Tia |date=November 16, 1997 |title=Mission: Impertinent |work=[[San Jose Mercury News]] |url=http://www7.mercurycenter.com/archives/dilbert/mission_index.html |url-status=dead |access-date=April 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817044342/http://www7.mercurycenter.com/archives/dilbert/mission_index.html |archive-date=August 17, 2000}}</ref> His writing in ''[[San Jose Mercury News West Magazine]]'' regarding the incident earned him an [[Orwell Award]].<ref name="Orwell" /> By 2000, the comic was in 2,000 newspapers in 57 countries and 19 languages.<ref name="2.0" />

His comic strips were adapted as a [[Dilbert (TV series)|''Dilbert'' TV series]], which debuted in January 1999 and ran for two seasons on [[UPN]]. Adams served as executive producer and showrunner, along with ''[[Seinfeld]]'' writer [[Larry Charles]]. The show earned a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] in 1999. On June 28, 2020, Adams asserted to his followers on [[Twitter]] that the show had been canceled because he was [[White people|white]] and UPN had made a decision to shift toward [[African Americans|African-American]] viewers.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 29, 2020 |title='Dilbert' creator Scott Adams: 'I lost my TV show for being white' |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-i-lost-my-tv-show-for-being-white |access-date=July 1, 2020 |website=[[The Mercury News]] |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308195114/https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/29/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-i-lost-my-tv-show-for-being-white/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In addition to his cartoon work, Adams has written books in various other areas, including self-improvement and religion.<ref name="Hypnotized" /> His book ''[[God's Debris]]'' (2001) lays out a theory of [[pandeism]], in which God blows itself up to see what will happen, which becomes the cause of our universe.<ref>Knujon Mapson, "A Brief History of Pandeism," ''Pandeism: An Anthology'' (2017), p. 31-32.</ref> In ''[[The Religion War]]'' (2004), Adams suggests that followers of theistic religions such as [[Christianity]] and [[Islam]] are subconsciously aware that their religions are false, and that this awareness is reflected in their consistently acting as if these religions, and their threats of damnation for sinners, are false. In a 2017 interview, Adams said that his books on religion, not ''Dilbert'', would be his ultimate legacy.<ref name="Hypnotized" /> In 2023, Adams announced in a pinned tweet that he had re-published ''God's Debris'' for free for his subscribers, and would shortly publish an AI-voiced audiobook version.<ref>{{cite tweet|url=https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1646614336193069060 |title= I just published the full text of my mind-bending book God's Debris on Locals, free for my subscribers. I will publish an AI-voiced audiobook version there soon. It's a new world.|user=ScottAdamsSays|number=1646614336193069060|date=April 14, 2023}}</ref>

===''Real Coffee with Scott Adams''===
In 2015, Adams wrote blog posts predicting that [[Donald Trump]] had a 98 percent chance of winning the presidency based on his persuasion skills, and he started writing about Trump's persuasion techniques. His pieces on this topic grew popular, so he started writing about it regularly.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-explains-trumps-persuasion-style-2017-10|title=The creator of Dilbert explains Trump's persuasion style and reminds us why people stopped caring about facts|first=Scott|last=Adams|website=[[Business Insider]]|date=November 1, 2017|access-date=February 27, 2023|archive-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226134756/https://www.businessinsider.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-explains-trumps-persuasion-style-2017-10|url-status=live}}</ref> Adams soon developed this as a daily video presentation called ''Real Coffee with Scott Adams'', distributed to [[Periscope (service)|Periscope]], [[YouTube]], ScottAdamsSays.com,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Scott Adams' Blog|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/|access-date=June 2, 2021|website=Scott Adams' Blog|archive-date=May 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210526055322/https://www.scottadamssays.com/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Locals]], where he covered topics such as current events, politics, persuasion, and routes to success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 24, 2018 |title=Coffee with Scott Adams |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8340698/ |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723010353/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8340698/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Real Coffee with Scott Adams'' has featured guests such as [[Naval Ravikant]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0bPSseOlMc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/G0bPSseOlMc| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Episode 840 Scott Adams: Conversation With Naval Ravikant About Coronavirus|date=March 5, 2020 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Ed Latimore]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcmIvAj6wJw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/vcmIvAj6wJw| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Episode 459 Scott Adams: Talking With Writer, Boxer, Brilliant Guy @EdLatimore on Success|date=March 21, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Dave Rubin]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaRnljfPvlo |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/SaRnljfPvlo| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Episode 947 Scott Adams: Talking With Dave Rubin About His New Book Don't Burn This Book, Joe Biden|date=May 2020 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Erik Finman,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c1DpBu8Iv0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/4c1DpBu8Iv0| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Episode 568 Scott Adams: Amazing Erik Finman, Gaslighting, Harvard Hypocrites, Trump Heights|date=June 17, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Greg Gutfeld]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/episode-1083-scott-adams-guest-greg-gutfeld-talks-about/id1494763610?i=1000487317196|title=Real Coffee with Scott Adams: Episode 1083 Scott Adams: Guest Greg Gutfeld Talks About His New Best Seller The Plus, Then on to the Headlines on Apple Podcasts|website=Apple Podcasts|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=September 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210918172421/https://podcasts.apple.com/nz/podcast/episode-1083-scott-adams-guest-greg-gutfeld-talks-about/id1494763610?i=1000487317196|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Matt Gaetz]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays |url=https://www.pscp.tv/ScottAdamsSays/1ZkKzAnZLEZxv |website=[[Periscope (service)|Periscope]] |access-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-date=March 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320040709/https://www.pscp.tv/ScottAdamsSays/1ZkKzAnZLEZxv |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ben Askren]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-739-scott-adams-talking-to-ben-askren-ytube-alternative-shampeachment-cartels/|title=Episode 739 Scott Adams: Talking to Ben Askren, Y**Tube Alternative, #Shampeachment, Cartels|date=November 27, 2019|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171616/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-739-scott-adams-talking-to-ben-askren-ytube-alternative-shampeachment-cartels/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carpe Donktum,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-597-scott-adams-bubonic-plague-mind-reading-british-diplomats-chat-with-carpedonktum/|title=Episode 597 Scott Adams: Bubonic Plague, Mind-Reading British Diplomats, Chat With @CarpeDonktum|date=July 14, 2019|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171613/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-597-scott-adams-bubonic-plague-mind-reading-british-diplomats-chat-with-carpedonktum/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mark Schneider,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coffee with Scott Adams (TV Series 2018– ) |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt8340698/characters/nm10588795 |website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> [[Steve Hsu]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-599-scott-adams-talking-to-steve-hsu-of-genomic-prediction-using-ai-and-genomics-to-predict-disease/|title=Episode 599 Scott Adams: Talking to Steve Hsu of Genomic Prediction, Using AI and Genomics to Predict Disease|date=July 16, 2019|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171617/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-599-scott-adams-talking-to-steve-hsu-of-genomic-prediction-using-ai-and-genomics-to-predict-disease/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Michael Shellenberger]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yDbzrIPBnQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/6yDbzrIPBnQ| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Episode 1053 Scott Adams: Talking With Michael Shellenberger About Apocalypse Never, A Terrific Book|date=July 10, 2020 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-1053-scott-adams-talking-with-michael-shellenberger-about-apocalypse-never-a-terrific-book/|title=Episode 1053 Scott Adams: Talking With Michael Shellenberger About Apocalypse Never, A Terrific Book|date=July 10, 2020|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171609/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-1053-scott-adams-talking-with-michael-shellenberger-about-apocalypse-never-a-terrific-book/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carson Griffith,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGvFulc0Qz4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/nGvFulc0Qz4| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Episode 1044 Scott Adams: Special Guest Carson Griffith and Lots About the Protests and Biden|date=July 2020 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-1044-scott-adams-special-guest-carson-griffith-and-lots-about-the-protests-and-biden/|title=Episode 1044 Scott Adams: Special Guest Carson Griffith and Lots About the Protests and Biden|date=July 1, 2020|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171614/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-1044-scott-adams-special-guest-carson-griffith-and-lots-about-the-protests-and-biden/|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Shiva Ayyadurai]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0sGe9ZOqeE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/T0sGe9ZOqeE| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Episode 664 Scott Adams: Join Me With Dr. Shiva Now to Talk About Vaccinations|date=September 16, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> James Nortey,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-705-scott-adams-special-guest-norteytx-about-trump-then-rotfrancisco-favors-versus-quid-pro-quo/|title=Episode 705 Scott Adams: Special Guest @NorteyTX About Trump, Then #Rotfrancisco, Favors Versus Quid Pro Quo|date=October 26, 2019|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171611/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-705-scott-adams-special-guest-norteytx-about-trump-then-rotfrancisco-favors-versus-quid-pro-quo/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Clint Morgan,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-725-scott-adams-special-guest-clint-morgan-shampeachment/|title=Episode 725 Scott Adams: Special Guest Clint Morgan, #Shampeachment|date=November 14, 2019|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171617/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-725-scott-adams-special-guest-clint-morgan-shampeachment/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Bjørn Lomborg]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-1058-scott-adams-part1-talking-with-bjorn-lomborg-about-his-book-false-alarm-plus-ridiculous-news/|title=Episode 1058 Scott Adams PART1: Talking With Bjorn Lomborg About His Book False Alarm, Plus Ridiculous News|date=July 15, 2020|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=September 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926201429/https://www.scottadamssays.com/episode-1058-scott-adams-part1-talking-with-bjorn-lomborg-about-his-book-false-alarm-plus-ridiculous-news/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2018, [[Kanye West]] shared multiple clips on Twitter from a ''Coffee'' episode titled: "Scott Adams tells you how Kanye showed the way to The Golden Age. With Coffee."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Broderick |first=Ryan |date=April 23, 2018 |title=People Are Worrying That Kanye West Is Getting Radicalized By The Far-Right |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/kanye-west-scott-adams-redpilled-twitter-right-trump |website=[[BuzzFeed News]] |access-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303175343/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanhatesthis/kanye-west-scott-adams-redpilled-twitter-right-trump |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2020, President Trump [[retweet]]ed an episode where Adams mocked [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://didtrumptweetit.com/1256626861368582146-2/|title=RT @ScottAdamsSays: Join me for a quick laugh about the funniest Trump kill shot on Biden. Ever.|website=Did Trump Tweet It?|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729182951/http://didtrumptweetit.com/1256626861368582146-2/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Adams offers paid subscriptions for exclusive content on [[Locals]].<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Adams |first=Scott |user=ScottAdamsSays |number=1255526555373240325 |date=April 29, 2020 |title=Locals is a subscription service, so I can't get blocked by an algorithm that favors content that advertisers find "safe." |language=en |access-date=June 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506033921/https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1255526555373240325 |archive-date=May 6, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2020, Adams said: "For context, I expect my Dilbert income to largely disappear in the next year as newspapers close up forever. The [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus]] sped up that inevitable trend. Like many of you, I'm reinventing my life for a post-coronavirus world. The Locals platform is a big part of that."<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Adams |first=Scott |user=ScottAdamsSays |number=1255526557776515074 |date=April 29, 2020 |title=For context, I expect my Dilbert income to largely disappear in the next year as newspapers close up forever. The coronavirus sped up that inevitable trend. Like many of you, I'm reinventing my life for a post-coronavirus world. The Locals platform is a big part of that. |access-date=June 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210216055720/https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1255526557776515074 |archive-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref>

===Other===
Adams started Scott Adams Foods, Inc. in 1999, which made the [[Dilberito]] and Protein Chef. He sold off his intellectual property in this venture when the product failed in the marketplace in 2003. He was a restaurateur starting in 1997, but exited that business.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/business/11dilbert.html |title=The Tables Turn for Dilbert's Creator |first=Brad |last=Stone |date=November 11, 2007 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200116052752/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/11/business/11dilbert.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited |access-date=June 2, 2023 }}</ref><ref name="Hypnotized" />

Adams co-founded the service WhenHub, which has been described by Gizmodo as "similar to [[Cameo (website)|Cameo]] ... except instead of pre-recorded messages from movie stars and rappers, it offers live chats with a range of subject-matter experts".<ref>{{cite web |title=WhenHub About |url=https://www.whenhub.com/about/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102144549/https://www.whenhub.com/about/ |archive-date=2 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=McKay |first1=Tom |title=Dilbert Creator Scott Adams Uses Gilroy Mass Shooting to Promote His App |url=https://gizmodo.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-uses-gilroy-mass-shooting-t-1836781947 |website=Gizmodo |language=en |date=29 July 2019}}</ref> In 2019, Adams briefly received negative media attention when during the [[Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting]] he posted a tweet suggesting that witnesses download the WhenHub app and "set your price to take calls". He later apologized, saying the message was "poorly worded".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cavna |first1=Michael |title='Dilbert' creator Scott Adams apologizes to Gilroy victims for a tweet touting his app |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/30/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-apologizes-gilroy-victims-tweet-touting-his-app/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322172702/https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/30/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-apologizes-gilroy-victims-tweet-touting-his-app/ |archive-date=22 March 2023 |date=30 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Murphy |first1=Heather |title=Scott Adams, Dilbert Creator, Has One Regret About Mass Shooting Tweet - The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/business/media/scott-adams-dilbert-gilroy.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730225053/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/30/business/media/scott-adams-dilbert-gilroy.html |archive-date=30 July 2019 |date=30 July 2019}}</ref> {{As of|2024|post=,}} the WhenHub website is inactive.<ref>{{cite web |title=WhenHub |url=https://whenhub.com/lander |website=whenhub.com |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-date=April 4, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240404023230/https://whenhub.com/lander |url-status=live }}</ref>

Adams was a fan of the science fiction TV series ''[[Babylon 5]]''. He appeared in the season 4 episode "[[List of Babylon 5 episodes#ep80|Moments of Transition]]" as a character named "Mr. Adams" who hires former head of security [[Michael Garibaldi]] to locate his megalomaniacal dog and cat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moments of Transition |url=https://imdb.com/title/tt0517671/ |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=August 26, 2022 |archive-date=August 26, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826225213/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0517671/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He had a cameo in "[[List of NewsRadio episodes#Review|Review]]", a third-season episode of the TV series ''[[NewsRadio]]'', in which Matthew Brock (played by [[Andy Dick]]) becomes an obsessed ''Dilbert'' fan. Adams is credited as "Guy in line behind Dave and Joe in first scene".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bowman |first=Donna |date=June 2, 2009 |title=NewsRadio: "President" and "Review" |url=https://www.avclub.com/newsradio-president-and-review-1798206577 |access-date=August 20, 2022 |website=[[The A.V. Club]] |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820164629/https://www.avclub.com/newsradio-president-and-review-1798206577 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Adams has been a guest on podcasts including ''[[Sam Harris#Podcast|Making Sense with Sam Harris]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://samharris.org/podcasts/87-triggered/|title=Making Sense Podcast #87 — Triggered|website=Sam Harris|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120064041/https://samharris.org/podcasts/87-triggered/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tim Ferriss#Podcast|The Tim Ferriss Show]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KFgzvC-ao8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/3KFgzvC-ao8| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Scott Adams Interview (Full Episode) {{pipe}} The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)|date=October 29, 2015 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[The James Altucher Show]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7P9kxFUBI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/vL7P9kxFUBI| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=You Could Be MUCH More Persuasive: Dilbert Creator Scott Adams|date=December 6, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[The Ben Shapiro Show]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_dwx7p8eCc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/4_dwx7p8eCc| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Scott Adams {{pipe}} The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 25|date=October 28, 2018 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[The Rubin Report]]'',''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWA5pOmSDgQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/lWA5pOmSDgQ| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Trump's Persuasion and Presidency {{pipe}} Scott Adams {{pipe}} POLITICS {{pipe}} Rubin Report|date=November 24, 2017 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Zuby (rapper)|Real Talk with Zuby]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqSWc601IKg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/yqSWc601IKg| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Real Talk with Zuby #66 - Scott Adams {{pipe}} Creating Dilbert & Avoiding 'Loserthink'|date=December 6, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>'' and ''[[The David Pakman Show]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW_TwM7cNJ0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/RW_TwM7cNJ0| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Dilbert's Scott Adams Debates Mexico Wall with David|date=January 7, 2019 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>'' He has appeared on ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]],''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMERNoQm5DE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/rMERNoQm5DE| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Real Time with Bill Maher: Dilbert Creator Scott Adams (HBO)|date=May 27, 2016 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[Commonwealth Club of California]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/video/scott-adams-loserthink|title=Scott Adams: Loserthink|date=November 26, 2019 |publisher=Commonwealth Club|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=October 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025134722/https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/video/scott-adams-loserthink|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fox News]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/5754578594001/|title='Dilbert' creator Scott Adams on understanding Trump tweets|publisher=[[Fox News]]|date=March 20, 2018|access-date=March 9, 2021|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115083238/https://video.foxnews.com/v/5754578594001/|url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Berkeley Haas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2Wzb6NvRKM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/B2Wzb6NvRKM| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Keynote: Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert|date=May 26, 2015 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Adams was interviewed for [[Mike Cernovich]]'s [[Mike Cernovich#Films|documentaries]] ''Silenced'' (2016)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Silenced |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6282878/ |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112011910/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6282878/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and ''Hoaxed'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Hoaxed-Alex-Jones/dp/B085LYL3TF|title=Watch Hoaxed|website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]]|access-date=February 16, 2021|archive-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101202452/https://www.amazon.com/Hoaxed-Alex-Jones/dp/B085LYL3TF|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, Adams contributed a chapter of life advice to [[Tim Ferriss]]'s collection, ''[[Tools of Titans]].''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Waschenfelder |first=Thomas |title=The 25% Rule |url=https://www.wealest.com/articles/25-percent-rule |website=Wealest |date=February 20, 2020 |access-date=February 16, 2021 |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513155049/https://www.wealest.com/articles/25-percent-rule |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Views==
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===Politics and social issues===
Adams has often commented on political and social matters. In 2016, he wrote on his blog: "I don't vote and I am not a member of a political party."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/whos-afraid-of-donald-trump/|title=Who's Afraid of Donald Trump?|author=Adams|first=Scott|date=March 24, 2016|work=Scott Adams Says|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171616/https://www.scottadamssays.com/whos-afraid-of-donald-trump/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2007, he suggested that [[Michael Bloomberg]] would make a good presidential candidate.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/05/bloomberg_for_p.html |title=Bloomberg for President? |access-date=February 14, 2011 |author=Scott Adams |date=May 16, 2007 |work=The Dilbert Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519070724/http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/05/bloomberg_for_p.html |archive-date=May 19, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Before the 2008 presidential election, he said: "On social issues, I lean [[Libertarianism in the United States|libertarian]], minus the crazy stuff."<ref>{{cite news |date=September 16, 2008 |title=Commentary: Dilbert guy's economic poll on McCain, Obama |publisher=[[CNN]] |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/dilbert.economy/index.html |access-date=May 23, 2010 |archive-date=August 15, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100815053041/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/16/dilbert.economy/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In December 2011, he said that if he were president, he would do whatever [[Bill Clinton]] advised him to do because that "would lead to policies that are a sensible middle ground".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_persuasive_candidate |title=The Persuasive Candidate |access-date=December 6, 2011 |author=Scott Adams |date=December 5, 2011 |work=The Dilbert Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108034509/http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/the_persuasive_candidate|archive-date=January 8, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> On October 17, 2012, he wrote, "While I don't agree with [[Mitt Romney|Romney]]'s positions on most topics, I'm endorsing him for president."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/firing-offense/ |title=Firing Offense |access-date=January 10, 2018 |author=Scott Adams |date=October 17, 2012 |work=The Dilbert Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018111032/http://dilbert.com/blog/entry/firing_offense|archive-date=October 18, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
During the 2016 presidential election, Adams repeatedly praised [[Donald Trump]]'s persuasion skills,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/the-trump-master-persuader-index-and-reading-list/|title=The Trump Master Persuader Index and Reading List|date=February 18, 2016|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-date=November 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211108045312/https://www.scottadamssays.com/the-trump-master-persuader-index-and-reading-list/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dilbert Creator Scott Adams on Donald Trump's "Linguistic Kill Shots" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55NxKENplG4 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/55NxKENplG4 |archive-date=December 11, 2021 |website=[[ReasonTV]] | date=October 6, 2015 |via=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and extensively detailed what he called Trump's "talent stack",<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/the-trump-talent-stack/|title=The Trump Talent Stack|website=Scott Adams Says|date=November 28, 2016|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171608/https://www.scottadamssays.com/the-trump-talent-stack/|url-status=dead}}</ref> correctly predicting that Trump would win the [[2016 Republican Party presidential primaries|Republican nomination]] and the general election.<ref name="trump">{{cite news |last1=Suebsaeng |first1=Asawin |title='Dilbert' Creator on How Trump Is Like The Founding Fathers & Jesus |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/14/dilbert-creator-on-how-trump-is-like-the-founding-fathers-jesus.html |newspaper=[[The Daily Beast]] |date=September 14, 2015 |access-date=November 22, 2015 |archive-date=November 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123040521/http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/09/14/dilbert-creator-on-how-trump-is-like-the-founding-fathers-jesus.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Hypnotized" /> In 2018, Adams similarly praised the persuasion skills of [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/30/aoc-congress-republicans-1134065|title=Why Trump's superfans dig Ocasio-Cortez|work=[[Politico]]|first=Ben|last=Schreckinger|date=January 30, 2019|access-date=July 30, 2021|archive-date=July 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729222656/https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/30/aoc-congress-republicans-1134065|url-status=live}}</ref> In a blog post from September 2017, Adams described himself as being "left of [[Bernie Sanders]], but with a preference for plans that can work".<ref name="leftsanders">{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/how-a-silicon-valley-investor-does-leadership/|title=How a Silicon Valley Investor Does Leadership|date=September 21, 2017|work=Scott Adams Says|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171618/https://www.scottadamssays.com/how-a-silicon-valley-investor-does-leadership/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Of the [[2016 Democratic National Convention]], Adams said: "If you're an undecided voter, and male, you're seeing ... a celebration that your role in society is permanently diminished. And it's happening in an impressive venue that was, in all likelihood, designed and built mostly by men."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/selling-past-the-close/|title=Selling Past the Close|website=Scott Adams Says|date=July 27, 2016|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171610/https://www.scottadamssays.com/selling-past-the-close/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Adams said that he temporarily endorsed [[Hillary Clinton]] out of fear for his own life, stating that he had received direct and indirect death threats ("Where I live, in California, it is not safe to be seen as supportive of anything Trump says or does. So I fixed that.").<ref name="persuasion">{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/when-persuasion-turns-deadly/|title=When Persuasion Turns Deadly|date=July 11, 2016|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171346/https://www.scottadamssays.com/when-persuasion-turns-deadly/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In late September, Adams switched his endorsement from Clinton to Trump. Among his stated primary reasons were his respect for Trump's persuasion skills, Clinton's proposal to raise the [[inheritance tax]], and his concerns over Clinton's health.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/why-i-switched-my-endorsement-from-clinton-to/|title=Why I Switched My Endorsement from Clinton to Trump|date=September 25, 2016|work=Scott Adams Says|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171608/https://www.scottadamssays.com/why-i-switched-my-endorsement-from-clinton-to/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In mid-October, Adams predicted a Clinton victory would ensure that a male president would never again be elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.periscope.tv/ScottAdamsSays/1lPKqYQQgelKb?t=1h17m|title=Early Coffee with Scott Adams|quote=If — keep in mind that — if Clinton gets elected, there'll never be another male president. Let me say that again. If Hillary Clinton gets elected, there will never be another male president. Let me say that a third time. If Hillary Clinton gets elected. There will never be another male president.|date=October 15, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2022|archive-date=July 18, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220718034031/https://www.periscope.tv/ScottAdamsSays/1lPKqYQQgelKb?t=1h17m|url-status=live}}</ref> He has also stated that writing positively about Trump and supporting him ended his public speaking career and decreased his income by about 40% and number of friends by about 75%.<ref name="persuasion" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=MAGA Icons: Where Are They Now and Are They OK |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFUr6Px99aQ |website=[[Vice News]] | date=August 2, 2021 |via=[[YouTube]] |access-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-date=August 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812104451/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFUr6Px99aQ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Adams predicted in March 2020 that Trump, Sanders, and [[Joe Biden]] would all contract [[COVID-19]] and that one of them would die from it by the end of the year; in December 2020, when all three men remained alive (although Trump had caught the virus), ''[[Politico]]'' named Adams's prediction one of "the most audacious, confident and spectacularly incorrect prognostications about the year".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/29/worst-predictions-about-2020-451444|title=The Worst Predictions of 2020|date=December 29, 2020|access-date=December 30, 2020|work=[[Politico]]|first=Zack|last=Stanton|archive-date=December 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229182244/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/12/29/worst-predictions-about-2020-451444|url-status=live}}</ref> Adams received further attention in December 2021, in reference to his July 2020 predictions that if Biden were to win the [[2020 U.S. presidential election]], "there's a good chance you will be dead within the year", "Republicans will be hunted", and that "[p]olice will stand down",<ref>{{cite web |title=Scott Adams on Twitter: "If Biden is elected, there's a good chance you will be dead within the year." / Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1278309835453284357 |website=twitter.com |access-date=4 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829145234/https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays/status/1278309835453284357 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |date=1 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> none of which ultimately occurred.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanton |first=Zack |date=December 24, 2021 |title=The Worst Political Predictions of 2021 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/24/worst-politics-predictions-2021-525853 |access-date=December 28, 2021 |website=[[Politico]] |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227235426/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/12/24/worst-politics-predictions-2021-525853 |url-status=live }}</ref> On September 30, 2021, Adams had also tweeted, "My worst prediction of all time was 'If Biden gets elected, there's a good chance you will be dead in a year.' It was closer to two years. I missed it by 100%," which also did not occur.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stanton |first=Zack |date=December 31, 2022 |title=Oops! The Worst Political Predictions of 2022 |url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/31/the-worst-political-predictions-of-2022-00074872 |access-date=January 23, 2023 |website=[[Politico]] |archive-date=January 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127115229/https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/31/the-worst-political-predictions-of-2022-00074872 |url-status=live }}</ref> He also incorrectly predicted in 2024 that there would be a "landslide" of claims of a rigged election, and the Supreme Court would simply overturn the election result to award Trump a win if he lost. However, Trump did win in 2024, and no court cases were involved.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/12/20/worst-political-predictions-of-2024-00194856|title=The Outright Worst Political Predictions of 2024|date=December 20, 2024|website=POLITICO}}</ref>

Adams has compared women asking for equal pay to children demanding candy.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hudson |first=Laura |date=March 25, 2011 |title='Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Compares Women Asking for Equal Pay to Children Demanding Candy |url=https://comicsalliance.com/scott-adam-sexist-mens-rights/ |access-date=August 20, 2022 |website=[[ComicsAlliance]] |archive-date=August 20, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820153958/https://comicsalliance.com/scott-adam-sexist-mens-rights/ |url-status=live }}</ref> After [[Highland Park parade shooting|a 2022 mass shooting]], Adams tweeted that society leaves parents of troubled teenage boys with only two options: to either watch people die, or murder their own son. He said his comments were inspired by his own stepson, who became addicted to drugs at the age of 14 and later died of a [[fentanyl]] overdose.<ref>{{Cite web |last=D'zurilla |first=Christie |date=July 6, 2022 |title='Dilbert' cartoonist Scott Adams has a bleak take on our 'dangerous young man problem' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-07-06/scott-adams-angry-young-men-solutions |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305063623/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-07-06/scott-adams-angry-young-men-solutions |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Martha |date=July 6, 2022 |title=Scott Adams slammed for saying death is only option for troubled boys |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/06/scott-adams-slammed-for-saying-death-is-only-option-for-troubled-boys |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712090927/https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/07/06/scott-adams-slammed-for-saying-death-is-only-option-for-troubled-boys/ |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |access-date=August 20, 2022 |website=[[The Mercury News]]}}</ref> Adams's comments were roundly criticized, including by [[James Gunn]], who described himself as a former "violent teenager addicted to drugs [who] entered recovery with the help & love of his family".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knolle |first=Sharon |date=July 6, 2022 |title=James Gunn Shuts Down Scott Adams 'Kill Your Own Son' Tweet |url=https://www.thewrap.com/james-gunn-scott-adams-kill-your-own-son-tweet/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=[[TheWrap]] |language=en-US |archive-date=April 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420000253/https://www.thewrap.com/james-gunn-scott-adams-kill-your-own-son-tweet/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== COVID-19 vaccination ===
In January 2023, Adams announced that he was considering taking legal action against political cartoonist [[Ben Garrison]] for [[defamation]], after Garrison published a cartoon that depicted Adams as pro-[[Face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic|masking]] and pro-[[COVID-19 vaccines]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2023 |title=Scott Adams vs. Ben Garrison: Cartoon Wars |url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/01/03/scott-adams-vs-ben-garrison/ |access-date=January 8, 2023 |website=The Daily Cartoonist |archive-date=January 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108054116/https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/01/03/scott-adams-vs-ben-garrison/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Adams later suggested on a [[YouTube]] livestream that people unvaccinated against COVID-19 were less likely to contract the disease than vaccinated people, despite evidence to the contrary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kertscher |first=Tom |date=January 26, 2023 |title=Unvaccinated people more at risk of COVID infection, death |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/jan/26/scott-adams/no-dilbert-creator-is-wrong-about-unvaccinated-the/ |access-date=2024-04-09 |website=[[PolitiFact]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Race===
In a 2006 blog post, Adams questioned the number of deaths in the [[Holocaust]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kim |first=Juliana |date=February 28, 2023 |title=Cartoonists say a rebuke of 'Dilbert' creator Scott Adams is long overdue |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/28/1159605012/dilbert-cartoonist-scott-adams-rant-rebuke |access-date=September 17, 2024 |website=[[NPR]]}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Harpaz |first=Beth |date=2023-03-03 |title='Dilbert' cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/538571/dilbert-cartoon-creator-scott-adams-holocaust-blog/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=[[The Forward]] |language=en |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304010456/https://forward.com/fast-forward/538571/dilbert-cartoon-creator-scott-adams-holocaust-blog/ |url-status=live }}</ref> writing, "Is it the sort of number that is so well documented with actual names and perhaps a Nazi paper trail that no historian could doubt its accuracy, give or take ten thousand? Or is it like every other LRN (large round number) that someone pulled out of his ass and it became true by repetition?"<ref name=":1" />

In 2018, Adams said the idea that Trump had praised the [[white supremacists]] at the 2017 [[Unite the Right rally]] was "fake news".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=Tim |date=September 3, 2020 |title=Donald Trump and his allies are trying to rewrite the history of Charlottesville |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/donald-trump-and-his-allies-are-trying-to-rewrite-the-history-of-charlottesville/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917064224/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2020/09/donald-trump-and-his-allies-are-trying-to-rewrite-the-history-of-charlottesville/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, he falsely claimed the rally was "an American intel op against Trump."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Settles |first=Gabrielle |date=March 10, 2023 |title=Unite the Right rally was real, not a staged 'intel op' |url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/10/scott-adams/unite-the-right-rally-was-real-not-a-staged-intel/ |access-date=2024-09-17 |website=[[PolitiFact]] |language=en-US |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917064224/https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/10/scott-adams/unite-the-right-rally-was-real-not-a-staged-intel/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

On June 28, 2020, Adams said on [[Twitter]] that the ''Dilbert'' TV show was cancelled because he was white and UPN had decided to focus on an African-American audience, and that he had been "discriminated against".<ref>{{cite web |first=Margareaux |last=Sippell |date=June 29, 2020 |access-date=June 25, 2022 |title='Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Says His UPN Show Was Canceled Because He Was White |url=https://www.thewrap.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-says-his-upn-show-was-canceled-because-he-was-white/ |website=[[TheWrap]] |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810235231/https://www.thewrap.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-says-his-upn-show-was-canceled-because-he-was-white/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In a series of comic strips in September 2022, ''Dilbert'' parodied [[environmental, social, and corporate governance]] (ESG) strategies. Part of the plotline involved a black character who "identif[ied] as white" and the company management asking him if he could also identify as gay.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Scott |title=Dave And Esg - Dilbert Comic Strip on 2022-09-20 |url=https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-09-20 |website=dilbert.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929025803/https://dilbert.com/strip/2022-09-20 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |date=29 September 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Adams, the week of September 19, ''Dilbert'' was pulled from 77 newspapers owned by [[Lee Enterprises]]. Adams also claimed that the cancellation was coincidental.<ref name="CBS-80">{{Cite web |last=Picchi |first=Aimee |date=February 28, 2023 |title=Dilbert creator Scott Adams was a comic-strip star. After racist comments, he says he's lost 80% of his income. |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-adams-dilbert-newspapers-cancelled-comic-strip/ |access-date=March 5, 2023|website=[[CBS News]] |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305162715/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/scott-adams-dilbert-newspapers-cancelled-comic-strip/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Zachary |date=September 21, 2022 |title='Dilbert' comic strip removed from nearly 80 papers, author says |url=https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/dilbert-comic-strip-removed-from-nearly-80-papers-author-says-scott-adams-cartoon |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=CBS Austin |language=en |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306195511/https://cbsaustin.com/news/nation-world/dilbert-comic-strip-removed-from-nearly-80-papers-author-says-scott-adams-cartoon |url-status=live }}</ref>

On February 22, 2023, Adams responded to a poll by [[Rasmussen Reports]] that asked respondents if they agreed with the statement "[[it's okay to be white]]",<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=February 27, 2023|title=Media drop Dilbert after creator's Black 'hate group' remark|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/26/dilbert-scott-adams-dropped-00084450|website=[[Politico]]|agency=[[Associated Press]]|date=February 26, 2023|archive-date=February 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226223004/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/26/dilbert-scott-adams-dropped-00084450|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="CBS-80" /> a seemingly innocuous phrase that the [[Anti-Defamation League]] said was being used online in 2017 as part of an [[alt-right]] trolling campaign and is associated with the white supremacist movement.<ref name="hyperbole">{{cite news |last1=D'Zurilla |first1=Christie |title=Scott Adams says he was using hyperbole: America being 'programmed' to see race first |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-28/scott-adams-dilbert-cancellation-racism-remarks |date=February 28, 2023 |access-date=March 5, 2023 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305111028/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-02-28/scott-adams-dilbert-cancellation-racism-remarks |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Helmore |first=Edward |date=February 26, 2023 |title=Dilbert cartoon dropped by US newspapers over creator's racist comments |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/dilbert-cartoon-dropped-by-us-newspapers-over-creators-racist-comments |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227001401/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/dilbert-cartoon-dropped-by-us-newspapers-over-creators-racist-comments |url-status=live }}</ref> The poll showed 53% of black respondents agreed with the phrase, 26% disagreed, and 21% were not sure.<ref name="Dropped-NPR">{{cite web |last1=Del Barco |first1=Mandalit |title=Distributor, newspapers drop 'Dilbert' comic strip after creator's racist rant |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1159580425/newspapers-have-dropped-the-dilbert-comic-strip-after-a-racist-rant-by-its-creat |website=[[NPR]] |access-date=March 5, 2023 |date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304185414/https://www.npr.org/2023/02/26/1159580425/newspapers-have-dropped-the-dilbert-comic-strip-after-a-racist-rant-by-its-creat |url-status=live }}</ref> On a YouTube [[livestream]] of his ''Real Coffee with Scott Adams'' program, Adams, who said he was upset that nearly half did not agree, characterized black people as a "[[hate group]]" and said "the best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from black people; just get the fuck away."<ref name="Episode 2027">{{cite web |title=Episode 2027 Scott Adams: AI Goes Woke, I Accidentally Joined A Hate Group, Trump, Policing Schools |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TnAn7qV1s&t=945 |website=YouTube: Real Coffee with Scott Adams |access-date=February 26, 2023 |date=February 22, 2023 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225232824/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6TnAn7qV1s |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Ross |first=Martha |date=February 23, 2023 |title='Dilbert's' Scott Adams: 'White people should get the hell away from Black people' |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/23/dilberts-scott-adams-white-people-should-get-the-hell-away-from-black-people |access-date=February 24, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Mercury News]] |archive-date=February 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223231908/https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/02/23/dilberts-scott-adams-white-people-should-get-the-hell-away-from-black-people/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Spangler |first=Todd |date=February 25, 2023 |title='Dilbert' Comic Strip Dropped by Newspapers Over Scott Adams 'Racist Rant' |url=https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/dilbert-canceled-newspapers-scott-adams-racist-1235535643/ |access-date=February 25, 2023 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225131009/https://variety.com/2023/digital/news/dilbert-canceled-newspapers-scott-adams-racist-1235535643/ |url-status=live }}</ref> His comments were widely characterized as racist.<ref name="Dropped-NPR" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Medina |first=Eduardo |date=February 26, 2023 |title=Newspapers Drop 'Dilbert' after Creator's Rant about Black 'Hate Group' |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/dilbert-newspapers-racism.html |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227010514/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/us/dilbert-newspapers-racism.html |url-status=live |url-access=limited }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Darcy |first=Oliver |date=February 26, 2023 |title=Hundreds of newspapers drop 'Dilbert' comic strip after racist tirade from creator Scott Adams |website=[[CNN]] Business |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/business/dilbert-comic-strip-racist-tirade/index.html |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227013648/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/25/business/dilbert-comic-strip-racist-tirade/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In response to these and other related comments, ''Dilbert'' was dropped by numerous newspapers across the country, including the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', and ''[[USA Today]]''-affiliated newspapers.<ref name="Dropped-NPR" /><ref>{{cite news |title='Dilbert' dropped by The Post, other papers, after cartoonist's racist rant |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=February 25, 2023 |first1=Thomas |last1=Floyd |first2=Michael |last2=Cavna |access-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-date=February 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230225220732/https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/02/25/scott-adams-dilbert-canceled/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 26, 2023 |title=Dilbert cartoon dropped by US newspapers over creator's racist comments |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Edward |last=Helmore |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/dilbert-cartoon-dropped-by-us-newspapers-over-creators-racist-comments |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226045653/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/26/dilbert-cartoon-dropped-by-us-newspapers-over-creators-racist-comments |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Andrews McMeel Syndication]], the distributor of ''Dilbert'', announced on February 27, 2023 that it was severing all ties with Adams.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lieb |first=David |date=February 27, 2023 |title=Dilbert distributor severs ties to creator over race remarks |website=[[Yahoo! News]] |url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dilbert-distributor-severs-ties-creator-073427520.html |access-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=February 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230227135829/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/dilbert-distributor-severs-ties-creator-073427520.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Dropped-NPR" /> [[Portfolio (publisher)|Portfolio]], his book publisher, announced it was dropping his non-''Dilbert'' book that was scheduled for release in September 2023.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Trachtenberg |first1=Jeffrey A. |title=Publisher Drops Plan to Release Book From 'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/publisher-drops-plan-to-release-book-from-dilbert-creator-scott-adams-3b68813e |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=February 27, 2023 |access-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-date=February 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228035940/https://www.wsj.com/articles/publisher-drops-plan-to-release-book-from-dilbert-creator-scott-adams-3b68813e |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="drop-CNN">{{cite web |last1=Passantino |first1=Jon |last2=Darcy |first2=Oliver |title='Dilbert' distributor and book publisher drop creator Scott Adams over his racist remarks |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/media/dilbert-distributor-scott-adams/index.html |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=March 5, 2023 |date=February 27, 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305152225/https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/27/media/dilbert-distributor-scott-adams/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In response to the incident, Adams said his remarks were [[hyperbole]] and that the stories reported about them ignored the context; he conjectured that nobody would disagree with his main points and stated he disavowed racists.<ref name="hyperbole" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Harpaz |first=Beth |date=March 3, 2023 |title='Dilbert' cartoon creator once questioned the number of Jews killed in the Holocaust |url=https://forward.com/fast-forward/538571/dilbert-cartoon-creator-scott-adams-holocaust-blog/ |access-date=March 4, 2023 |website=[[The Forward]] |language=en |archive-date=March 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304010456/https://forward.com/fast-forward/538571/dilbert-cartoon-creator-scott-adams-holocaust-blog/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Adams announced that on March 13, 2023, the strip would return as ''Dilbert Reborn'' on the subscription website [[Locals]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Cavana |first1=Michael |last2=Chery |first2=Samantha |title=The bewildering descent of Scott Adams and 'Dilbert' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/03/06/scott-adams-dilbert-cartoon-controversy/ |access-date=March 6, 2023 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=March 6, 2023 |archive-date=March 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230306101706/https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2023/03/06/scott-adams-dilbert-cartoon-controversy/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Coffee With Scott Adams: Dilbert Reborn 3-13-23 |url=https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3665025/dilbert-reborn-3-13-23 |website=Locals |access-date=March 21, 2023 |date=March 13, 2023 |archive-date=March 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314072322/https://scottadams.locals.com/post/3665025/dilbert-reborn-3-13-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
Since late 2004, Adams has had [[focal dystonia]], which has affected his ability to draw for lengthy periods.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/09/AR2005050901066.html |title=Scott Adams, Drawing the Line |date=May 10, 2005 |access-date=January 28, 2008 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |first=Samantha |last=Sordyl |archive-date=October 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024211455/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/09/AR2005050901066.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  He now draws on a [[graphics tablet]]. He also had [[spasmodic dysphonia]], a condition that causes the [[vocal cords]] to behave abnormally. In July 2008, he underwent surgery to reroute the nerve connections to his vocal cords,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2008/10/scott-adams-dilbert.html |magazine=The New Yorker |title=An Interview with the "Dilbert" Cartoonist Scott Adams |date=October 29, 2008 |access-date=October 29, 2008 |first=Zachary |last=Kanin |archive-date=November 1, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101053420/http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/cartoonlounge/2008/10/scott-adams-dilbert.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and his voice is now completely functional.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 27, 2006 |title='Dilbert' creator recovers from rare disorder |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15446515/ns/health-health_care/t/dilbert-creator-recovers-rare-disorder |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916015655/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/15446515/ns/health-health_care/t/dilbert-creator-recovers-rare-disorder/ |archive-date=September 16, 2015 |access-date=January 7, 2016 |publisher=[[NBC News]]}}</ref>

Adams married Shelly Miles aboard a [[yacht]], the ''Galaxy Commodore'', on July 22, 2006, in [[San Francisco Bay]], in a ceremony conducted by the ship's captain.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 31, 2006 |title='Dilbert' cartoon creator ties the knot |url=https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/07/31/dilbert-cartoon-creator-ties-the-knot/ |access-date=July 1, 2020 |website=[[East Bay Times]] |archive-date=July 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703171711/https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2006/07/31/dilbert-cartoon-creator-ties-the-knot/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The two had met at a gym in [[Pleasanton, California]], where Miles was an employee and Adams was a customer. Adams was stepfather to Miles' two children, Savannah and Justin, the latter of whom died of a [[fentanyl]] overdose in 2018 at age 18.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/02/dilbert-artist-scott-adams-stepson-dead-after-fentanyl-overdose/ |title='Dilbert' artist Scott Adams' stepson dead after fentanyl overdose |last=Barney |first=Chuck |date=October 2, 2018 |newspaper=[[The Mercury News]] |access-date=August 31, 2019 |archive-date=August 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831190000/https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/02/dilbert-artist-scott-adams-stepson-dead-after-fentanyl-overdose/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/my-stepson-died-of-an-opioid-overdose/|title=My Stepson Died of an Opioid Overdose|author=Scott Adams|date=October 17, 2018|work=Scott Adams Says|access-date=November 7, 2019|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171614/https://www.scottadamssays.com/my-stepson-died-of-an-opioid-overdose/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{citation | work = [[The Daily Beast]] | url = https://www.thedailybeast.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-tries-to-sell-interviews-with-gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-survivors | title = 'Dilbert' Creator Scott Adams Tries to Sell Interviews With Gilroy Garlic Festival Shooting Survivors | date = July 29, 2019 | last1 = Grove | first1 = Will Sommer | access-date = July 29, 2019 | archive-date = July 29, 2019 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190729233546/https://www.thedailybeast.com/dilbert-creator-scott-adams-tries-to-sell-interviews-with-gilroy-garlic-festival-shooting-survivors | url-status = live }}.</ref> Adams and Miles divorced in 2014, and Adams said the two remained friends, with Miles moving only one block away after their separation.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Bella|last=DePaolo|title= Dilbert Creator Discovers Single Life and Writes New Rules|url= http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/living-single/201409/dilbert-creator-discovers-single-life-and-writes-new-rules|access-date= July 1, 2020|website= [[Psychology Today]]|date=September 20, 2014|archive-date= March 8, 2023|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230308195010/https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/living-single/201409/dilbert-creator-discovers-single-life-and-writes-new-rules|url-status= live}}</ref>

On Christmas Day in 2019, Adams announced on his podcast that he was engaged to Kristina Basham,<ref>{{Cite web|date= December 30, 2019|title= Scott Adams Announces Engagement to Kristina Basham|url= https://culttture.com/2019/scott-adams-announces-engagement-to-kristina-basham/|access-date= July 1, 2020|website= Culttture|archive-date= July 1, 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200701135858/https://culttture.com/2019/scott-adams-announces-engagement-to-kristina-basham/|url-status= live}}</ref> and later revealed that they had married on July 11, 2020.  Basham, a model and baker, has two daughters and is a vice president at WhenHub.<ref name="Hypnotized">{{cite news |last1=Winter |first1=Caroline |date=March 22, 2017 |title=How Scott Adams Got Hypnotized by Trump |work=[[Bloomberg News]] |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-22/how-dilbert-s-scott-adams-got-hypnotized-by-trump |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170326101433/https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-03-22/how-dilbert-s-scott-adams-got-hypnotized-by-trump |archive-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref> On March 10, 2022, Adams announced on his YouTube podcast that he and Basham were getting divorced.<ref>{{Cite AV media|date=March 10, 2022|title=Episode 1678 Scott Adams: How Russia and Ukraine Can Make a Deal|via=[[YouTube]]|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww9iFkoZHAc&t=2662s|access-date=March 10, 2022|archive-date=March 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314201035/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww9iFkoZHAc&t=2662s|url-status=live}}</ref>

Adams trained as a [[Hypnosis|hypnotist]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Adams |first=Scott |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46918467 |title=Dilbert - A Treasury of Sunday Strips: Version 00 |date=2000 |publisher=[[Andrews McMeel Publishing]] |isbn=0-7407-0531-8 |location=Kansas City, Missouri |oclc=46918467 |access-date=August 26, 2022 |archive-date=May 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524032049/http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46918467 |url-status=live }}</ref> He credits [[Affirmations (New Age)|affirmations]] for many of his achievements, including scoring in the ninety-fourth percentile on a difficult qualification exam for business school and creating ''Dilbert''{{'}}s success. He states that the affirmations give him focus.<ref name="DilbertFuture" /> He has described a method he has used that he says gave him success: he pictured in his mind what he wanted and wrote it down 15 times a day on a piece of paper.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2012/04/12/can-you-get-rich-by-visualizing-yourself-rich/ |title=Can You Get Rich by Visualizing Yourself Rich? |author=Robert Frank |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |date=April 12, 2012 |access-date=August 4, 2017 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028044835/https://blogs.wsj.com/wealth/2012/04/12/can-you-get-rich-by-visualizing-yourself-rich/ |url-status=live }}</ref> (This technique is used by Dogbert in a 1989 ''Dilbert'' strip.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=Scott |title=Dilbert comic strip for 11/14/1989 from the official Dilbert comic strips archive. |url=http://dilbert.com/strips/comic/1989-11-14 |website=dilbert.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130403045811/http://dilbert.com:80/strips/comic/1989-11-14 |archive-date=3 April 2013 |date=14 November 1989 |url-status=dead}}</ref>)

Adams continues to live in Pleasanton, California and is active in the San Francisco Bay Area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Li |first=Andy |title=Reflections with Pleasanton's Scott Adams |url=https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2018/09/20/reflections-with-pleasantons-scott-adams |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.pleasantonweekly.com |date=September 20, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=January 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123021555/https://www.pleasantonweekly.com/news/2018/09/20/reflections-with-pleasantons-scott-adams |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-02-28 |title=The Not-So-Pleasant Side of 'Dilbert' Creator's East Bay City |url=https://sfstandard.com/2023/02/28/the-not-so-pleasant-side-of-dilbert-creators-east-bay-city/ |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=The San Francisco Standard |language=en |archive-date=January 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240123021554/https://sfstandard.com/2023/02/28/the-not-so-pleasant-side-of-dilbert-creators-east-bay-city/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Recognition==
Adams has received recognition for his work, including the [[National Cartoonists Society]] [[Reuben Award]] and Newspaper Comic Strip Award for 1997 for his work on ''Dilbert''.  He climbed the [[European Foundation for Management Development]] (EFMD) rankings of the 50 most influential management thinkers, placing 31st in 2001,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2001 |title=2001 Results|access-date=November 19, 2009 |publisher=The Thinkers 50|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725200306/http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2001 |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> 27th in 2003,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2003 |title=2003 Results|access-date=November 19, 2009 |publisher=The Thinkers 50|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725200315/http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2003 |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> 12th in 2005,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2005 |title=2005 Results|access-date=November 19, 2009 |publisher=The Thinkers 50|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725200153/http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2005 |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> and 21st in 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2007 |title=2007 Results|access-date=November 19, 2009 |publisher=The Thinkers 50|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725200344/http://www.thinkers50.com/results-2007 |archive-date=July 25, 2011}}</ref> He received the [[Orwell Award]] in 1998 for his participation in "Mission Impertinent" for ''[[San Jose Mercury News West Magazine]]''.<ref name="Orwell">{{cite web |url=http://www2.ncte.org/awards/george-orwell-award/ |title=George Orwell Awards |access-date=January 22, 2019 |publisher=National Council of Teachers of English |archive-date=January 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111011009/http://www2.ncte.org/awards/george-orwell-award/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Adams has coined several words and phrases over the years, including [[Confusopoly]] (businesses that stay afloat only by intentionally misleading their customers), the [[Dilbert principle]] (a variant on the [[Peter principle]]), [[Elbonia]] as a term for non-specific overseas countries, and [[Pointy-Haired Boss]] (PHB) and [[Induhvidual]] as insults.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Aden |first=Roger C. |date=2007 |title=Popular Stories and Promised Lands: Fan Cultures and Symbolic Pilgrimages |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vxvm5oxF1aYC&pg=PA136 |edition=1st |publisher=University Alabama Press |pages=135–137 |isbn=978-0817354725 |access-date=December 15, 2022 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308195007/https://books.google.com/books?id=vxvm5oxF1aYC&pg=PA136 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Adams is quoted in the book ''[[Steve Jobs (book)|Steve Jobs]]'' by [[Walter Isaacson]]. Adams wrote a blog post in 2010 about [[Steve Jobs]]' response to [[Antennagate]], in which he says "Apple's response to the iPhone 4 problem didn't follow the public relations playbook, because Jobs decided to rewrite the playbook ... If you want to know what genius looks like, study Jobs' words."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scottadamssays.com/high-ground-maneuver/|title=High Ground Maneuver|date=July 19, 2010|website=Scott Adams' Blog|access-date=August 22, 2022|archive-date=August 22, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822171345/https://www.scottadamssays.com/high-ground-maneuver/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Jobs proudly emailed this around.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Isaacson |first=Walter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6e4cDvhrKhgC&pg=PA523 |title=Steve Jobs |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |date=2011 |isbn=978-1-4516-4853-9 |location=New York |page=523 |oclc=713189055 |access-date=December 28, 2022 |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308194904/https://books.google.com/books?id=6e4cDvhrKhgC&pg=PA523 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Publications==
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===''Dilbert'' compilations===
* ''Always Postpone Meetings with Time-Wasting Morons'' (1992)
* ''Shave the Whales'' (1994)
* ''Bring Me the Head of Willy the Mailboy!'' (1995)
* ''It's Obvious You Won't Survive by Your Wits Alone'' (1995)
* ''Still Pumped from Using the Mouse'' (1996)
* ''Fugitive from the Cubicle Police'' (1996)
* ''Casual Day Has Gone Too Far'' (1997)
* ''I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot'' (1998)
* ''Journey to Cubeville'' (1998)
* ''Don't Step in the Leadership'' (1999)
* ''Random Acts of Management'' (2000)
* ''Excuse Me While I Wag'' (2001)
* ''When Did Ignorance Become a Point of View?'' (2001)
* ''Another Day in Cubicle Paradise'' (2002)
* ''All Dressed Down and Nowhere to Go'' (2002) (''Still Pumped from Using the Mouse'', ''Casual Day Has Gone Too Far'', and ''I'm Not Anti-Business, I'm Anti-Idiot'' combined)
* ''When Body Language Goes Bad'' (2003)
* ''Words You Don't Want to Hear During Your Annual Performance Review'' (2003)
* ''Don't Stand Where the Comet Is Assumed to Strike Oil'' (2004)
* ''The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head'' (2005)
* ''Thriving on Vague Objectives'' (2005)
* ''Try Rebooting Yourself'' (2006)
* ''Positive Attitude'' (2007)
* ''This Is the Part Where You Pretend to Add Value'' (2008)
* ''Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert'' (2008)
* ''Freedom's Just Another Word for People Finding Out You're Useless'' (2009)
* ''14 Years of Loyal Service in a Fabric-Covered Box'' (2009)
* ''I'm Tempted to Stop Acting Randomly'' (2010)
* ''How's That Underling Thing Working Out for You?'' (2011)
* ''Teamwork Means You Can't Pick the Side that's Right'' (2012)
* ''Your New Job Title Is "Accomplice"'' (2013)
* ''I Sense a Coldness to Your Mentoring'' (2013)
* ''Go Add Value Someplace Else'' (2014)
* ''Optimism Sounds Exhausting'' (2015)
* ''I'm No Scientist, But I Think Feng Shui Is Part of the Answer'' (2016)
* ''Dilbert Gets Re-accommodated'' (2017)
* ''Cubicles That Make You Envy the Dead'' (2018)
* ''Dilbert Turns 30'' (2019)

===Special compilations (annotated, favorites, etc.)===
* ''Build a Better Life by Stealing Office Supplies: Dogbert's Big Book of Business'' (1991)
* ''Dogbert's Clues for the Clueless'' (1993)
* ''Seven Years of Highly Defective People'' (1997)
* ''Dilbert Gives You the Business'' (1999)
* ''A Treasury of Sunday Strips: Version 00'' (2000)
* ''What Do You Call a Sociopath in a Cubicle? Answer: A Coworker'' (2002)
* ''It's Not Funny If I Have to Explain It'' (2004)
* ''What Would Wally Do?'' (2006)
* ''Cubes and Punishment'' (2007)
* ''Problem Identified: And You're Probably Not Part of the Solution'' (2010)
* ''Your Accomplishments Are Suspiciously Hard to Verify'' (2011)
* ''I Can't Remember If We're Cheap or Smart'' (2012)

===Other ''Dilbert'' books===
* ''Telling It Like It Isn't'' (1996)
* ''You Don't Need Experience If You've Got Attitude'' (1996)
* ''Access Denied: Dilbert's Quest for Love in the Nineties'' (1996)
* ''Conversations With Dogbert'' (1996)
* ''Work Is a Contact Sport'' (1997)
* ''The Boss: Nameless, Blameless and Shameless'' (1997)
* ''The Dilbert Bunch'' (1997)
* ''No You'd Better Watch Out'' (1997)
* ''Please Don't Feed the Egos'' (1997)
* ''Random Acts of Catness'' (1998)
* ''You Can't Schedule Stupidity'' (1998)
* ''Dilbert Meeting Book Exceeding Tech Limits'' (1998)
* ''Trapped in a Dilbert World: Book Of Days'' (1998)
* ''Work—The Wally Way'' (1999)
* ''Alice in Blunderland'' (1999)
* ''Dilbert Sudoku Comic Digest: 200 Puzzles Plus 50 Classic Dilbert Cartoons'' (2008)

===''Dilbert''-related business publications===
* ''Dilbert Newsletter'' (since 1994)
* ''The Dilbert Principle'' (1996)
* ''Dogbert's Top Secret Management Handbook'' (1996)
* ''The Dilbert Future'' (1997)
* ''[[The Joy of Work]]'' (1998)
* ''Dilbert and the Way of the Weasel'' (2002)
* ''Slapped Together: The Dilbert Business Anthology'' (2002) (''The Dilbert Principle'', ''The Dilbert Future'', and ''The Joy of Work'', published together in one book)
* ''Dilbert's Guide to the Rest of Your Life: Dispatches from Cubicleland'' (2007)

===Non-''Dilbert'' publications===
* ''[[God's Debris]]'' (2001)
* ''[[The Religion War]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!]]'' (2007)
* ''[[How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Win Bigly|Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter]]'' (2017)
* ''[[Loserthink|Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America]]'' (2019)
* ''Reframe Your Brain: The User Interface for Happiness and Success'' (2023)
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://scottadams.locals.com}}
* [https://www.periscope.tv/ScottAdamsSays Scott Adams Says] at [[Periscope (app)|Periscope]]
* {{Charlie Rose view|16611}}
* {{cite web |url=http://www.tv.com/shows/newsradio/review-3084 |issue=30 |date=September 25, 1996 |edition=S3E2 |title=Review |work=[[NewsRadio season 3|NewsRadio]] |quote=featuring Scott Adams |access-date=November 7, 2016 |archive-date=September 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903151255/http://www.tv.com/shows/newsradio/review-3084/ |url-status=dead }}
* {{cite web |url=http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/02/answer_to_your_.html |title=Answers to Your Questions |date=February 2006 |first=Scott |last=Adams |website=Dilbert blog |archive-date=February 21, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221115630/http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2006/02/answer_to_your_.html}}
* PR efforts for the October 2013 release of ''How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big''
** {{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304626104579121813075903866 |title=Scott Adams' Secret of Success: Failure |work=Saturday Essay |date=October 12, 2013 |format=video |first=Gary |last=Rosen |quote=Adam's essay and a video interview with Rosen}}
** {{cite web |url=https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1p2lwp/i_created_dilbert_ask_me_anything |first=Scott |last=Adams |title=I Created Dilbert. Ask Me Anything |date=October 23, 2013 |work=[[Reddit AMA]] |publisher=[[Reddit]] }}

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