How to Fail at Almost Everything with Scott Adams

[@jackgoldman1]

Peter Robinson is one of the finest interviewers I have ever witnessed. What an excellent job he does. Great man.

[@brettmclaughlin338]

My father used to say "Luck is when preparation meets opportunity."

[@bentphilips8330]

Peter Robinson is the best interviewer I've ever watched! He draws out people's points and let's them talk

[@danstewart2770]

*Trump's greatest quote* (icymi): "The fundamental question of our time is whether the West has the will to survive. Do we have the confidence in our values to defend them? Do we have the desire and the courage to preserve our civilization in the face of those who would subvert and destroy it?" -- President Donald Trump

[@JAKESGONE]

The Hoover institution never fails to surprise me with its guests literally a diamond in the rough of KZbin.

[@gughunterx437]

Or at the very least figuratively.

[@edwardganio2699]

While I cringe at yet another improper use of the term "literally", I do agree with the sentiment. It's even more surprising that such discourse occurs at Stanford University, which is a hotbed of leftism (which comes as no surprise, considering its locale in the heart of Silicon Valley). To their credit, however, they do strive to be classically liberal and have productive discussions.

[@Tenebrousable]

@@edwardganio2699 Some dictionaries have updated the meaning of "literally" to sometimes meaning "figuratively". It's quite annoying to watch the growth of inaccuracy of a language.

[@davidarbelaez4395]

One of the hardest things in life is to be able to admire someone without necessarily agreeing with their politics. There are millions of people who genuinely despise everything about President Trump which is unfortunate because he does have some admirable strengths. What’s nice about being an independent thinker and in the middle per se, is that Scott Adams is relatively high in compassion and politeness, which allow him to be objective.

[@wdboyd88]

I just found this channel and I'm not disappointed

[@downeybill]

please tell me your name is an SCTV reference!

[@karamlevi]

If men have no say in reproductive talks we should also have no paychecks involved. Anything other than that is not compromise nor equality.

[@nth7273]

"whatever women collectively agree" - now that is funny

[@stephenalexander6721]

There should be more interviewers like you. Good job this time and every time.

[@javiertrevino5535]

this man is a genius at observing people's behavior

[@robertlebrell2085]

I had a Thermo professor who drew a graph on the board, on the Y axis was "model accuracy" and on the X axis was "adjustable parameters" and the graph rose in value until around ~10 and then tapered off to 0. He said, "after a certain point you're just guessing at the values of the inputs and this makes the model worse." It's interesting to see Scott Adams talk about exactly that.

[@gregarioussolitudinist5695]

This is the best program on KZbin on a consistent basis. WELL DONE!!

[@Sixus1Media]

Around 39min in, reference to "could be riots in the streets"... listening right now, 3 years after this interview and here they are. Riots. Bizarre.

[@showmetheevidence777]

Who knew the "author" of Dilbert (that I've read for years) - is such an intelligent guy. I like him (even though I don't agree with absolutely everything he said).

[@CAngel57ful]

I adore Scott Adams, his thinking fascinates me and this is an excellent conversation that portrays his unique thinking. Thank you for this upload.

[@GordieGii]

The reason you can't go swimming for a half hour after eating is so that mommy and daddy can finish eating before they have to be hyper-vigilant again.

[@robert9296]

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST SHOWS IN THE HISTORY OF NEWS AND POLITICS!

[@Georgesbarsukov]

He was a delightful guest

[@gibertusalbans1779]

this interview won bigly

[@charlespatterson8412]

I haven't listened to this yet but the name "How to fail at almost everything" is intriguing enough for me to pen down my impression of the whole idea, so here it goes: In order to fail at most everything is really not a bad goal but a glimpse at the eventful journey to an ultimately successful outcome. For one to fail at an endeavor they first must "try."

[@gordonstewart8897]

'The harder I work...the luckier I get.' -Arnold Palmer

[@cliffdariff74]

Wow this is almost two years old and Scott's predictions are spot on 😊

[@OneMoreTag]

Love his daily live Periscope, “Coffee With Scott Adams”.

[@NishantMittalVideos]

Such a nice interview! A big thank you to the host. :))

[@Confucius_76]

Peter Robinson is so likeable! It must be nice to be interviewed by him

[@柏心妮]

Awesome interview, Peter! Thanks!! This guy has WAY too much common sense.

[@Charrison9918]

You are One of the best interviewers that I’ve seen. Thanks Mr. Robinson.

[@DarrenSemotiuk]

Watching this end of October 2018. After watching one of his "Real Coffee With Scott Adams" videos where he was about to be a guest on Fox... wearing the SAME shirt, which he also wore when a guest with Ben Shapiro. Scott called it his "TV SHIRT". He wasn't kidding! Even 15 months ago, same shirt LOL.

[@mrpopsful]

Scott Adams: Cartoonist, Writer, Genius, Philosopher, Hypnotist, Mesiah. Who deserves to be president more? The best talent stack I have ever seen.

[@jameseenacoene7680]

This program just gets better and better. Robinson is tops as an interviewer. His guest selection opens up so many topics and points of view. Thanks to the Hoover Institute.

[@yianni28]

I voted for Trump, but I'm not a Trump supporter and I like what Scott Adams had to say

[@ME-fo7si]

Enjoyed this interview, my first introduction to Scott Adams

[@ShayneNelson]

Thanks so much for this video. What an education in 43 minutes!

[@JustLikeParadise]

What a interesting show. Loved it. Thanks.

[@massimo7219]

Fantastic analysis of Trump, and the pearl clutching Liberals who interpret everything at a level 10.

[@cindyjo9093]

I was mortified during the debates at his put downs. In retrospect, I think that he was the only guy who would be able to beat Hillary, and stand up to the stuff the left is throwing out. Sometimes I cringe at his Tweets and sometimes he cracks me up. I am not disappointed with Trump. I think he is a far better leader that most people thought he was going to be. Twitter is enormously important to him because the main stream media attacks him constantly. He's communicating directly with us. Love his hair. Lol. I'm Scottish too so I understand the coloration thing. No biggy.

[@_Free_Thinker]

Love this! Thank you, Uncommon Knowledge, for interviewing Scott.

[@fdoeppen]

What do you mean men have no responsibility for the pregnancy? 1: without a man there is no baby; 2: If there is a baby he is legally responsible for paying to support it.

[@sjkdec18]

I LOVED this!!!!! Thank you to both Messrs. Adams and Robinson!!!!

[@dennisbeardall2949]

Very interesting viewpoints from Scott Adams! Great interview!

[@MENDLER1]

Great guest. Love people who can think outside the box.

[@HR-yd5ib]

11:00 - fine with me as long as men DO NOT HAVE TO PAY for the womens decision!

[@testertaster]

These interviews are just superb. Well handled, and the most fascinating people. Top quality!

[@LTHuddonDesignOfficial]

Thank you Scott I am in tears at 81 I have arrived at the point in life. I give give give and love it and I love me!!!!

[@88Turbo88]

Excellent interview. Thanks Scott Adams. MAGA

[@ehong123]

If you haven't read the book or listened carefully on Scott's words from the interview because your confirmation bias towards Trump, you're missing the best career advise that you can get from a little guy from upstate NY who succeeded in life because his system.

[@moved2bitchute779]

and his IQ. The guy is VERY smart.

[@cmhardin37]

Dan Scott Ya. The biggest factor is his iq.

[@smileychess]

I just ordered his book, on sale on Amazon for about 11 bucks.

[@moved2bitchute779]

I ❤️ Scott Adams... Couldn't recommend enough his video Periscopes, usually called "Coffee with Scott Adams." (The insights and perspectives he offers are sublime, and epiphany inducing). REALLY looking forward to his new book. 👍👍

[@PRODOS]

Greatly enjoyed this interview. Both Peter Robinson and Scott Adams were splendid! Two honest, independent, thinking blokes. Thanks. :-)

[@moved2bitchute779]

PRODOS, me too. Well said. 👏

[@artemisshaffer8654]

PRODOS It is rare, and this case refreshing, that an interviewer will let their subject talk without interupting. I am usually not interested in an interviewer's views or agenda.

[@pendejo6466]

Yeah, people take Trumps victory personally, both his critics and supporters.

[@renesingg]

My regard for both you Mr. Peter Robinson and Mr. Scott Adams has soared 'bigly'. Thank you for the interview and sharing some thought provoking perspectives.

[@eternalsnows6071]

Amazing interview from beginning to end. Thanks so much for this!

[@patrickmolidord1777]

Mr. Robinson, you manage to get such insightful guests with so much to say. Bravo! This is easily my favorite channel and sadly I've only found it recently. I have some catching up to do.

[@randellporter8747]

Peter Robinson actually read Scott Adams book. Scott is very insightful. Loved this interview. Thx

[@groupflix]

"Ultra-liberal"? "More liberal than liberal"? Sounds like a libertarian to me.

[@BARRIE-Chgo]

I was Dilbert, but due to Bush & Obama this STEM Computer Science trained my H1B replacement who was paid 7/hr

[@perugino25]

First Liberal who actually converse...very smart person...thank you for your lessons..

[@Airriel333]

wonderful interview LOVE Scott and his POV and Philosophy

[@IntentionalityMentor]

This was impressive, enlightening and entertaining.

[@charleschenhua]

Can’t stop watching this channel

[@jonschmidt9845]

the man the myth, the legend.

[@dutchdaedalus]

7d interdimensional intergalactic underwater chess.

[@farenheit3513]

Replying to let you know that youtube censored your comment from my view with the default "top comment" sorting. I guess it's not censorship to them if they outsource it to a botnet.

[@winmine0327]

Just to explain this for busy people: This meme gets shouted out whenever Trump makes a Clintonian move to the middle, as if he were getting a policy goal in return. What he's really getting in return, is political capital for re-election. Clinton got re-elected in 96 because Gingrich couldn't find any reason to complain about him, and Clinton's base had no-one else to vote in. The same will happen with Trump.

[@michaelo.1320]

More like backgammon

[@trentbell2718]

Scott doesn't claim Trump is a super genius- people who pretend Scott claims Trump is a genius aren't listening. Straw man.

[@DevinAK49]

Farenheit 351 have a foil hat

[@fineartz99]

Superb. Uncommon clarity with class. // An exemplary tribute to both Scott, and Peter!

[@KTF.4.EVER1961]

Enjoyed this very much! Thank YOU

[@donaloregan7481]

I really enjoyed that. Thank you. Great interviewer.

[@veleriphon]

He even slipped in a dad joke. "I worked in the corporate world for sixteen years. So, I have something to draw upon."

[@tomvyse]

Awesomely revealing and insightful interview. Get a good look inside the brain and soul of good old Scott.

[@wangbot47]

This is a fantastic interview

[@RobertVanGilder]

Peter Robinson is one of the best interviewers in America.. The Friedman interview is also excelent.

[@CondorFlyingHigh]

Maybe, but somehow I feel he didn't answer what advice he would give to Donald Trump himself. And his comment about "low energy Jeb" 36:34 _Before I heard that my impression of Jeb Bush was this is a cool calm executive, this guy is gonna be the perfect guy, if there 's war he is not gonna get to it, the moment I heard "low energy" I couldn't see him any other way._ I wonder if his impression of Trump changed when people started to call him pussy grabber, Don the Con and what not.

[@georgeapplegate3535]

+CondorFlyingHigh Those were just insults. Trumps characterizations _essentialized_ his opponents, dismissively summarizing what everyone already sensed but couldn't name.

[@moved2bitchute779]

Yup, the interviewer was REALLY good.

[@moved2bitchute779]

+CondorFlyingHigh He did answer that question with the entirety of his interview (those people were not Trump's market--they were the ones that would be "perpetually confused," etc (if it's not Don the Con, Pussy Grabber, etc, it's Nazi, Cheeto, etc - e.g. whatever the media said that week)). Scott is high IQ, and therefore not susceptible to the emotional whims the more malleable group-thinkers are subject to (he sees the forest). For example, bullshitting about what groupie women "let" you do is definitely not even a tree in that forest (it's barely a weed). People only care about that silly banter because the media tells them to. "Don the Con" is another great one. People that use it lack the self-awareness to realize they are just feeding their own confirmation bias (why is Don a "con"? because he embellished something, which is EXACTLY what he writes about doing in his books... If anything, he's the most honest politician this country has ever had). High IQ, "forest see-ers," like Adams see this stuff. The best, most objective, measure of "rightness"/competence is diverse success (not just success in one thing like Zuckerberg, but consistent success in multiple things, like first FB investor, Peter Thiel), and Scott Adam optimizes that.

[@scienceisgod1]

I am suddenly a Scott Adams fan!

[@SlippinJimmy4Life]

Fantastic audiobook. Don't let your potential disagreements with him on global warming turn you away from so much good stuff the book is offering. Systems not goals people, systems not goals :)

[@GlennGaasland]

Always fun listening to Scott :)

[@jbe6929]

What a great interview. President Trump's quote is just as pertinent today. Thank you.

[@katana1960]

I never heard of Scott Adams and I didn't read Dilbert. This guy is the kind of liberal that I defend when talking to my far right conservative friends and family. I consider myself a Libertarian, and wish the war in politics would end. Realizing that most liberals and conservatives aren't the extreme nut cases that the media portrays is a good start.

[@dianenelson6732]

Scott has the gift of contrarianism. By that I mean, he runs against conventional wisdom and has the intellect and the ability to deftly poke holes in it. This interview highlights his gift which adds to his "talent stack".

[@testertaster]

He is wrong about y2k bug. We were working for years on that. Old programmers were coming out of retirement and getting £1500 a week to rewrite code 30 years old. It was an absolute gravy train.

[@dogcow666]

testertaster yup i remember the co i worked for at the time was paying big bucks for old school.cobol dudes

[@MrGtargy]

Right. Scott could have used a better example showing how humans 'rise to the challenge of seemingly insurmountable problems'. For the Y2k problem, once it was identified, there was no waiting. It was all hands on board .The 'geniuses' weren't called in at the last minute -- it was more a matter of detailed analysis and applying fixes in a way that didn't break anything.. -- great contract $ for old Cobol coders as dogcow666 says.. below...

[@zenden6564]

Not entirely wrong, the Y2K thing was greatly exaggerated (yes & I was in the industry) for extreme commercial advantage, ie., gouging. Nice work if you can get it. But little did we know at the time it's real purpose would be to prove the politics and funding model that could be scaled up beautifully for monetising Climate & Carbon anxieties, now cranking over merrily at an annual $1.5trillion "global business". Kerching!

[@ronj9448]

Y2K was real and the risk was unknown. People are cheap. They don't have intrusion detection, keep up with their patching and other such security foolishness because it "saves" money. Not responding to Y2K left you open to risk. It left you open to risk on older systems that just hummed along without upkeep which was a huge savings - until it needed attention and there was nobody around that was a subject matter expert. I am in IT and was back then as well.

[@mfawls9624]

@@zenden6564 it was the consulting firms dream situation. Lots of money spent on almost nothing. There were a few things that would have been critical but the vast majority was fear mongering and idiocy. Thank God it only comes once every hundred years, I'd have a hard time going through it again with a straight face.

[@lukecage9836]

Great interview as always sir!

[@joesterling4299]

Terrific. Smarts, experience and honesty lead to enlightened discourse, regardless of politics.

[@badgerrrlattin35]

At least Scott Adams and I have something in common. Climate Change is on the bottom of my list of things to worry about, too.

[@millamilla10]

38:38 - and Peter's smile at the end! :-) Just wonderful!

[@james5460]

That's a good interview, the interviewer managed to avoid showing any kind of political bias and that is a rarity these days. Btw, if anyone is wondering about how real this is about Scott Adams - he's the real deal. He was calling balls and strikes when it mattered during the 2016 campaign and getting them all right. You may or may not like Donald Trump, but Scott Adams understands the phenomenon of Trump.

[@jimmaculate5]

At the 7-minute Mark I noticed two things about Peter. He has his arms folded and his facial expression is that of bewilderment if not repulsion. Fun so far.

[@markanderson9772]

everyone should watch this

[@olinzodd]

Very good interview! I wish more people could see the world like this man does!

[@corm1000]

I have noticed, that the people who are most prone to believe the things that experts have to say, are perfectionists. Perfectionist's always seem to believe that there's a group of people out there that know best, and they're always trying to get their achievements or work validated by this unnamed group of experts. Then you look at who these quote-unquote experts are and you find out that they don't even know what the hell they're doing half the time.

[@benjaminthomas8988]

Men have an equal responsibility, carrying the child does not change this.

[@tobias7104]

Thank you very much for this interesting conversation. Keep up the good work :-)

[@TheRogermursick]

Nice. The internet like AM radio is truly a wonder. Great interview and great guest as was Douglas Murray and so many others.

[@gustavf.6067]

Great interview. Thank you.

[@corythatcher777]

Dilbert is my favorite cartoon and now I like the man behind it too.

[@leedufour]

Thanks Scott and Peter.

[@nicoled6991]

Love Scott Adams! Thanks for interviewing him!

[@triplecheesemac]

I do too. Oh My God I just realized him and Trump says something identical about luck.

[@brianjanson3498]

This was great. Scott should have given us a head's up on Periscope.

[@StrikeTeam23]

GREAT interview, really enjoyed!

[@fred_lacroix622]

I am laughing throughout this … coz I agree!

[@luissalazar2021]

I admire Mr. Adam, he is brilliant!😎

[@dorothycain2307]

Love this guy.

[@afifahhamilton8843]

Great interview! Two of my favourite men.

[@jonesy2111]

Just imagine if Hillary would've won....man we dodged a bullet. And most of those polls and 'opinions' the host mentioned are very skewed...everyone I talk to supports Trump and he is the first president since JFK...after Bush and Obama I can't understand (for the life of me) why anyone has the audacity to say anything deriding Trump

[@jinlee3574]

Excellent point. Thanks for insight

[@tjveach]

Amazingly awesome! Thank you

[@austinthaijam7009]

beautiful mind. really enjoyed these two