Coffee With Scott Adams — Knowledge Archive July 2, 2026
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rain just went from oh you took care of yourself and now you can take care of your family easily. How about the tribe? How about other people? So you can see the arc of my career followed that pattern. And I'm way less rich than those other guys. Like way less. Not even close. So I think it's instinct. You say it's ego. I don't think so. I think it's instinct. So that's my take. So I'm gonna, so…

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u believe that? Do you believe that art anticipates science?

I'm going to go further. You can't make anything you can't imagine. There's your reframe. You can't do anything you can't imagine. I've often been asked you know have I ever been tempted to do this or that illegal thing to which I say well I can't imagine it working out for me so no. There's nothing that would cause me to do something where I can't even imagine it could work out. At the very least you have to imagine it before it activates you. You don't even stand up. You don't even get off the couch unless you can imagine that that pays off. If you can't even imagine it's good to get off the couch you're not going to do it.

So your imagination is the only thing that activates you plus dopamine. It's basically imagination plus dopamine plus a functioning body you know health. That's it. Imagination plus preference I guess. Imagination plus preferences you know personal preferences plus dopamine. There you go.

All right well some of you need to go start your day and that means it must be close to eight o'clock my time not your time. And may I say that I had the most excellent writing trip. I felt I was totally inspired. Apparently my muse did a good job. And I'll see you tomorrow on YouTube. Bye for now.