Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive August 22, 2026
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anies can't deliver their product but others deliver more, so you're fine. I don't know. So I've got a feeling that the supply chain thing maybe isn't that big a problem. You know, in the end we'll see. And not that it isn't a big problem, but that we're so good at making adjustments in a trillion different ways and everywhere in the system, I think we'll just get past it. All right, does everyb…

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called culdesac.com. So they're actually designing communities to make them more livable, car-free.

But is that enough? I mean, that's — I love the fact that it's a car-free community, sort of like college. That was kind of a car-free community. But I feel like that's just one variable. Like what about making us less lonely? What about making us safer? I mean, it might do those too, but they don't talk about that stuff. Because those are all the things that make you — you know, what about being cheaper? What about being affordable? What about being more green? It sounds like it's pretty green, so we'll give them that.

Anyway, I think these are the big trends.

On Axios, writer Erika Pandey tells us that one in three American adults don't get enough sleep. And enough sleep is defined as seven or more hours a night. Is there anybody who gets more than seven hours a night of sleep in the comments? How many of you get seven or more hours per night? Wow. Wow, a lot of you do. I'll be darned. I don't even know it was possible. I mean, like by the time you wake up at 7:00 a.m., you know I've already worked on two careers. So I don't know what you guys — you're missing a lot. But on the other hand, apparently you will live longer than I will and you'll be happier and healthier. So good for you. So keep up that sleep.

But apparently Americans are getting less and less. Here was a tip that I've seen before, but this is so useful I thought I'd share it with you. Here's a simple tip to improve your sl

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eeping. That's one interesting characteristic. Well, two: it's super easy to do. And number two, you're not gonna do it. You're not gonna do it. Neither am I. Here's that good advice: stop looking at your screens 30 minutes before you try to go to sleep. Really? You think I'm gonna not look at my phone 30 minutes before I hit the bed? What kind of Little House on the Prairie world do you live in…

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