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“Lately...the Peter Principle has given way to the "Dilbert Principle." The basic concept of the Dilbert Principle is that the most ineffective workers are systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management.”

Book:The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions

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The Dilbert principle: a cubicle's-eye view of bosses, meetings, management fads & other workplace afflictions

This book is a satirical examination of the modern workplace, using the Dilbert comic strip as a lens to critique the absurdities of corporate culture. It delves into the complexities of office life, including the quirks of managers, the inefficiencies of meetings, and the prevalence of management trends that often lead to workplace frustration. more

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Scott Adams

Scott Adams, born on June 8, 1957, is a renowned cartoonist. He is best known for his comic strip 'Dilbert', which has gained worldwide popularity since its debut in 1990. Adams' work is celebrated for its humorous take on modern workplace culture. more

“Specialists in information technology are the new lawyers. Long ago, lawyers realized that they could make themselves culturally essential if they made the vernacular of contracts too complex for anyone to understand except themselves. They made the language of contracts unreadable on purpose. (Easy example: I can write a book, and my editor can edit a book . . . but neither one of us can read and understand the contract that allows those things to happen.) IT workers became similarly unstoppable the moment they realized virtually every machine powering the modern world is too complicated for the average person to fix or calibrate. And they know this. This is what makes an IT guy different from you. He might make less money, he might have less social prestige, and people might look at him in the cafeteria like he’s a nitpick—but he can act however he wants. He can be nice, but only if he feels like it. He can ignore the company dress code. He can lie for no reason whatsoever (because how would anyone understand what he’s lying about). He can smoke weed at lunch, because he’ll still understand your iMac better than you. It doesn’t matter how he behaves: The IT department dominates technology, and technology dominates the rest of us. And this state of being creates a new kind of personality. It creates someone like Kim Dotcom, a man who’s essentially an IT guy for the entire planet.”

Technology Complexity Information Technology Information Age Lawyers Apple Imac Kim Dotcom Technology Theory

Book:I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains

Source: I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains

“Liefde begint met een metafoor. Anders gezegd: liefde begint op het moment dat een vrouw haar eerste woord grift in ons poëtisch geheugen.”

Liefde Vrouw Metafoor

Book:The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Source: The Unbearable Lightness of Being

“No wonder you rise in the middle of the night to look up the date of a famous battle in a book on war. No wonder the moon in the window seems to have drifted out of a love poem that you used to know by heart.”

Forgetfulness Billy Collins

Book:Questions About Angels

Source: Questions About Angels