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Saturday December 16,
2017
Product Is Too Addictive
Tags social media, technology, facebook, twitter, addiction, big business, impulse control
Transcript
Dilbert: I'm worried that we designed our product to be too addictive. Now we're more like a disease than a consumer product. Boss: Will you stop talking like that if I give you a raise? Dilbert: It's worth a try.
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marketing, project, cloud, catbert, leadership, budget, birthday, engineer, time sheet, sales, wally, strategy, dogbert, powerpoint, project management, topper, leader, boss, change, meeting, data, management, mordac
Wednesday December 13,
2017
Boss Hits Jackpot
Monday December 11,
2017
Boss Counts Cards
Friday December 22,
2017
Human Sensation Slipping Away
Tags addiction, humanity, technology, existentialism, existential crisis, awareness
Transcript
Dilbert: My sensation of being human is slipping away. My car practically drives itself, and the apps on my phone control my brain. I feel as if I need to do something stupid just to feel alive. Carol: Homeland security?
Saturday December 23,
2017
Homeland Security Risk
Tags homeland security, awareness, consciousness, terrorism
Transcript
Agent: Homeland Security has identified you as a risk of being radicalized online. Dilbert: Is it because I'm a single male, I hate my job, and no one loves me? Agent: We didn't know about that stuff. Now I have to call in a drone strike.
Wednesday December 20,
2017
Animal Testing Is Done
Tags app, technology, addiction, morals, big business, ethics
Transcript
Dilbert: The animal testing for our app is done. The app is so addictive that Zimbu the monkey was hospitalized for starvation while using it. I think we all know what we need to do. Boss: Submit it to the app store?
Monday December 18,
2017
Apps Trigger Zombie Apocolypse
Tags apps, addcitive, zombie apocalypse, interact, see and hear, own phones, zombies eat brains, share button
Transcript
Dilbert: Our apps are so addictive that we've triggered a zombie apocalypse. Our users no longer interact with the living. They can only see and hear their own phones, Boss: Do the zombies eat brains? Dilbert: Yes. we call it "share" button.
Tuesday December 19,
2017
Zimbu Tests The App
Tags technology, addiction, stimulus, animal testing, social media
Transcript
Narrator: Zimbu The Monkey. Dilbert: We need to do animal testing on our new app. Do you mind taking a look? Zimbu: I'm getting a strong dopamine hit every time I click on it. Ooh! Ooh! Ooh! Dilbert: May I have it back? Zimbu: Put that hand away before I bite it off.
Thursday December 21,
2017
Dopamine
Tags technology, addiction, dopamine, prescription, drugs
Transcript
Dilbert: Why do I need a prescription from a doctor to make a drug that boosts my dopamine... but I don't need a doctor's approval to use an app that is designed to do the same thing? Are you ignoring me and playing with your phone? Dogbert: I wasn't getting any dopamine from listening to you.
Monday December 25,
2017
Beautiful, Slippery, Brittle
Tags technology, cell phones, fragile, aesthetics, vanity
Transcript
Boss: When you engineer our new mobile phone product, make sure you adhere to the BSB design principle. Dilbert: BSB? Boss: Beautiful, slippery, brittle. Dilbert: Isn't that sort of evil? Boss: It isn't our fault if customers don't buy an ugly case.

