Human Events editor Jack Posobiec spoke with Unhumans co-author Joshua Lisec on Tuesday about Lisec’s essay honoring the life and legacy of Scott Adams, following Adams’ death.
Posobiec introduced the piece, titled “Scott Adams, 1957–2026: I Loved You All to the Very End,” and asked Lisec to explain why he framed Adams’ influence as something that would endure centuries into the future.
“Scott Adams was the Mark Twain of King Solomons,” Lisec said. “His advice was timeless. It was perennial.”
Lisec pointed to the longevity of Adams’ work, noting that ideas Adams published decades ago remained relevant and actionable long after their release. “Some of his greatest hits that appear in Reframe Your Brain in 2023 first appeared in The Dilbert Future in 1997,” Lisec said. “So, Scott had seen the future. He knew what was going to be valuable, what was going to be useful.”
According to Lisec, Adams’ writing covered nearly every major area of modern life. “Life, business, career, money management, health, wellness, lifestyle, fitness, social skills, and mental health,” he said. “He had figured it out a very long time ago and had literally decades to test it, to perfect it even, and to prove it out.”
Lisec contrasted Adams with other public figures who dispense advice without accountability. “So often when there’s a public figure and they put some advice out there, there’s not necessarily a feedback loop to determine if they were right or wrong,” he said. “But in the same way that the proverbs of Solomon in the Bible have proven themselves out for more than two millennia, I expect we’ll see the same thing with Scott.”
Looking ahead, Lisec suggested Adams’ influence would extend far beyond the present generation. “In the event that there remains a place called the United States of America a couple millennia from now, there will be Americans who are leaning on the wisdom of that great patriot, Scott Adams,” he said.
“He was the first person to successfully take the entire body of work from the profession of clinical hypnosis and make it accessible and practical for the everyday person,” Lisec said. “To have little micro-hypnotic trances that reprogram them for success and happiness.”
“He set many free,” Lisec added. “Perhaps millions of people free, to be the person they were created to be.”
“I can’t think of anyone who has that much of an impact on as many people for as much a period of time as our internet dad, Scott Adams.”
Adams’ final message, read aloud by his first wife Shelly, asked supporters to “be useful” and affirmed, “I loved you all to the very end.”
Posobiec introduced the piece, titled “Scott Adams, 1957–2026: I Loved You All to the Very End,” and asked Lisec to explain why he framed Adams’ influence as something that would endure centuries into the future.
“Scott Adams was the Mark Twain of King Solomons,” Lisec said. “His advice was timeless. It was perennial.”
Lisec pointed to the longevity of Adams’ work, noting that ideas Adams published decades ago remained relevant and actionable long after their release. “Some of his greatest hits that appear in Reframe Your Brain in 2023 first appeared in The Dilbert Future in 1997,” Lisec said. “So, Scott had seen the future. He knew what was going to be valuable, what was going to be useful.”
According to Lisec, Adams’ writing covered nearly every major area of modern life. “Life, business, career, money management, health, wellness, lifestyle, fitness, social skills, and mental health,” he said. “He had figured it out a very long time ago and had literally decades to test it, to perfect it even, and to prove it out.”
Lisec contrasted Adams with other public figures who dispense advice without accountability. “So often when there’s a public figure and they put some advice out there, there’s not necessarily a feedback loop to determine if they were right or wrong,” he said. “But in the same way that the proverbs of Solomon in the Bible have proven themselves out for more than two millennia, I expect we’ll see the same thing with Scott.”
Looking ahead, Lisec suggested Adams’ influence would extend far beyond the present generation. “In the event that there remains a place called the United States of America a couple millennia from now, there will be Americans who are leaning on the wisdom of that great patriot, Scott Adams,” he said.
“He was the first person to successfully take the entire body of work from the profession of clinical hypnosis and make it accessible and practical for the everyday person,” Lisec said. “To have little micro-hypnotic trances that reprogram them for success and happiness.”
“He set many free,” Lisec added. “Perhaps millions of people free, to be the person they were created to be.”
“I can’t think of anyone who has that much of an impact on as many people for as much a period of time as our internet dad, Scott Adams.”
Adams’ final message, read aloud by his first wife Shelly, asked supporters to “be useful” and affirmed, “I loved you all to the very end.”
