Win Bigly : Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter

from TeaTimeCoder

Heavily autobiographical and gets really weird at the end with the simulation world hypothesis nonsense. One of the first things the author says is that he has a lot of money so he can say whatever he wants but then spends the rest of the book justifying his positions.

from SGTCat

I don't recommend reading this book if you're looking for an in-depth analysis of Trump's political style and past speeches or policy decisions. Based on his flip-flopping on candidate endorsements, the book as a whole comes across as Adams' way of back peddling and trying to explain his present ...

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I have enjoyed reading some of Scott Adam's blog, and so I thought I would enjoy reading this book. Unfortunately, some of the worst parts of what I found on his blog permeated the book, at least the beginning. I find some of his ideas interesting, but others to be naive or dismissive. I decided ...

from LynnB

Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, was one of the first people to predict that Donald Trump would become president of the U.S. He did this by studying and analyzing Mr. Trump as a master persuader -- someone who knows how to position issues emotionally and set a tone in order to influence both the que...

from Susan.Macura

Scott Adams, the creator of the comic Dilbert, was one of the earliest people to predict that Donald Trump would win the 2016 presidential election. He credited Trump's victory to his incredible powers of persuasion. This is a fascinating look at Adams' views on how Trump used the power of persua...