Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive July 2, 2026
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ll do it all. So maybe you don't have the same access to the same job you could have had before, but would you care? What if everything is almost free? Yeah, there's no — let's say there's no delivery costs anymore because you just 3D print what you want. I mean, you could imagine a world where you could live on a thousand dollars a year. You could imagine living on a thousand dollars a year and h…

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country that's being attacked has access to these types of weapons? I don't see how the Russians can advance if we're providing these accurate missiles, because it doesn't take too many missiles to disrupt the supply chain, does it? Failed to blow it up in the initial invasion here. Well anyway.

Ukraine is saying that they've got only a few of these HIMARS systems. They need at least 50 of them to hold back the Russian forces and at least 100 of them for an effective counteroffensive. Do we want Ukraine to have an effective counteroffensive? Is that even good for anybody? I don't know if it's good for anybody actually, like literally anybody. You know, there might be some people who prefer to be Ukrainian instead of Russian. I'm sure that's a thing, and vice versa. But for the world in general, I don't know if we want Ukraine to beat Russia. Do we? Or do we just want a standoff so maybe they'll stop fighting? I feel like you want a standoff. I don't feel like you want a victory. I'm not sure if anybody's better off if Ukraine gets back that territory. Are you better off? Do you think your life would be a little bit better if Ukraine gets that territory back? I don't know. I don't know how it's going to affect anything except the people in that territory.

So gas prices continue to drift lower. Here's my question. Why does anybody know the answer to that question? Gas is getting cheaper. Why? Inflation? No. Futures? Well, but why are the futures changing? Yeah, obviously it's futures, but why is it changing? Recession? I don't know. That people are driving less? Are they? It's summer. It should be up. Demand should be through the roof. Are people driving less? I don't know. I don't notice it. I feel where I am the roads are just packed. To me it looks like more traffic

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than I've ever seen in my life. Like on just a Wednesday in the summer where I live, on an average just a Wednesday, there's more traffic than I've ever seen any time I've lived here. So is it different where you live? M2 money supply dropped? I don't think we know. I mean, I'm looking at your answers and none of them look persuasive. So what it tells me is that the rise in prices was never real…

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