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as soon as you take the core of capitalism out, which is merit — you know, you only get what you work for, what you're providing — as soon as that's not your focus, it's the end of capitalism. There's no way around that, by the way. There's no way around it. Yeah, it's more like a virus than a cancer. Similar, but I like virus because it's more virulent, as they like to say. So the fact that the…
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If Dilbert were a real person, what is the best advice for him to navigate a difficult work office environment? Let me tell you how I answer this question all the time. Never ever ask the cartoonist what his creation would do if he were real. Never ask that question. It's the only question I hate. Every other question might be a dumb question but I can enjoy it. But I hate that question. I will not answer that question. In fact it's the one question that I'm most often asked, which is why I hate it, by the media. So when I was doing tons of interviews when Dilbert was raging, the number of writers would say, "So what would Dilbert say about this new situation in the headlines?" And I would just look at them and think he's not real. Like don't make me write a joke for Dilbert in real time. Ask me a real question about my opinion. That I'll answer. But no, I'm not going to answer what would Dilbert do questions.
Thoughts on crypto given the fragility of the banking system? Well I will never give you advice on crypto except diversification is a good general thing. Now if I were going to diversify in the sense of owning some crypto, I probably would not further diversify beyond Bitcoin. But remember I don't know much about crypto. It's my sense that only the biggest banks and the most well-known crypto are likely to be safe-ish. So if you wanted to own some, Bitcoin wouldn't be a bad time to do it. But again as just a part of your portfolio. So I think that Bitcoin — and by the way I own some, not very much, just tiny tiny portion of my portfolio. But in case it's the only money that exists in the future, which is possible, or the only money that I feel safe spending, that's possible. It's good that I
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have some. So I don't recommend it but if you're looking at it in terms of diversification it wouldn't be dumb. Why can't I see the archive on Dilbert? Only because I haven't yet found a home for it. So all the Dilbert comics used to be on dilbert.com but I'll work it out. I'm just kind of busy. Am I influenced by stoicism? Not directly. I'm sure I have some habits in common but I don't feel tha…
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