The idea that Rich implies Smart is a particularly stupid belief common among the well-off.
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I’m really not sure what he’s referring to here. Most of the problems that humans have encountered didn’t appear on the distant horizon, they appeared out of nowhere. Europe wasn’t exactly prepared for the plague or the Mongol invasion, it took a lot of tsunamis before Japan figured out not to settle in certain areas (and then they still settled and built nuclear reactors in those areas), the Dust Bowl sprung on the US and nobody was prepared. Hell, we have local fire departments because of huge fires that devastated large chunks of major cities, don’t tell me nobody saw that coming.
Typically the shit has to hit the fan before anybody does anything.
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Make it a two-fer and visit the Lost City of Atlanta as well? Good news! You wouldn’t need a snorkel if you used Professor Farnsworth’s new invention.
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I think there’s a guest artist filling in or something. I haven’t read or checked Dilbert in many years, but the strips from just last week look like the normal style.
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Can I interest you in some Greater Adria real estate, located in the heart of Europe?
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what normally happens is that the problem isn’t recognized as a problem. Think about the Y2K problem and compare it to the privacy, security, and data breach problems. Even if ransomware blocked hospitals most people and IT managers don’t think that is important to solve them because they are only a minor annoyance.
Besides in Rome, there were the Vigiles Urbani Vigiles - Wikipedia more than 2000 years ago, so Romans figured it a lot of time ago.
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Ha, I don’t even see shit like this any more, because Adams blocked me for calling him a talentless hack after he said some stupid bullshit, probably something stultifyingly misogynistic.
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Totally worth it
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Note that Adams has a BA in economics and a MBA. He’s never actually been the engineer. (Not that being an engineer is any protection from brain bugs or being an arrogant know-it-all idiot.)
Anyway, I first realized that Adams was a loon, way back in the early noughts, when I read The Dilbert Future. For the most part, it’s relatively funny book, filled with the kind of snark and mockery of corporate mentality like you see in older Dilbert comics. But at the end of the book, Adams starts talking about how he believes in the power of positive affirmation to change external events (!) and gives an example of how gravity might be just an artifact of our perception (!?) that very clearly shows he hadn’t actually thought it through.
Oh drat, should have read the thread through before posting. 
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Sooo is Adams saying he’s going to hypnotize the courtroom? Not really grasping the metaphor.
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Oh, he’s arguing defamation law with Popehat. Time to invest in popcorn.
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That’s literally what he’s saying. He thinks he understands the power of persuasion so thoroughly that he’s able to mesmerize a judge (because the chance of it ever getting to a jury are nil) to forget basic 1A caselaw and rule for him because he’s a wizard.
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There is a matching one on Put In Bay in Ohio; the Northernmost point.
Except, if you check a map… it’s actually about 10 miles south of the southernmost point of Canada.
Oh, and there is a LOT of USA north of it.
Including other Ohio Islands. So it’s not even the most northern point of Ohio.
… which if you look at a map of Key West you realize that it has a lot more in common with the Southern Most Point marker than one would think. 
(Both are fun and I enjoy visiting them; just keep in mind they are both phony. )
Honestly, regarding smart people buying real estate on the beach: I have been looking really, really hard at a property in South Carolina on the beach. Trying to figure out the lifespan of the building from a “when will a Huricane blow it over? When will rising sea levels lap it’s base? When will the underground parking garage that is already below sea level become a swimming pool? Will it still be there when I retire in 15-25 years, because that’s what I really want it for?” have stayed my hand so far.
But I can’t fault smart, intelligent people who look at it as they are renting the property on the beach to live there until they can’t. I love the keys. I know they will be gone soon; but you know, If I won the lotto tomorrow I’d buy a house and a boat there; the house to live in, and the boat to outrun the hurricane that will destroy the house…
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I’ve been to Atlanta a few times already;
I enjoyed the city while I was there, and will miss it when it’s gone.
On the other hand, I’ve never been to the Keys, and at this point I may not make it there to visit before they’re gone
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Or, all too often, it is recognized as a problem. But nobody cares. Some people think it won’t affect them. Some figure they’ll be dead before it gets bad. Some are just stupid. Some don’t want to bother because they’re too busy partying, or they can’t figure some way to make money from it, or - worst of all - they know it’s a problem and they know it’s big and they know it’s going to hurt a lot of people and that’s what they want because they have figured a way to make money off it.
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Pay closer attention son. Adams has made no secret of his right-wing beliefs.
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Yeah, I read The Dilbert Future too. That last part felt like he had gone over the edge and become one of those nuts who believe in Lemuria and free energy and “orgone” and @%@%#$ like that.
What the heck, Adams has always been an arrogant, greedy, egotistical jerk who thought he was the most wonderful thing on legs. It’s inevitable that he should worship Trump - shtbirds of a feather sht together.
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If he’s convinced that hypnotism is all-powerful, who knows what he’s made himself believe is true?
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This is like peak conspicuous consumption combined with peak planned obsolescence… the human race really is doomed if we continue this behavior.
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