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#106: Scott Adams: The Man Behind Dilbert

The Tim Ferriss Show

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Naive Optimism and Selective Attention

The combination of optimism and being an opportunist is crucial, particularly seen in Silicon Valley, where people believe in making the impossible possible. This naive optimism leads to selective attention, akin to noticing a red door knob after someone mentions it or suddenly seeing a new car everywhere after buying one. The idea of God's Debris, a non-humor, non-Dilbert book, was born from the challenge of writing in the voice of the smartest person in the world, who only speaks simplicity and the simplest explanations.

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