January 13, 2026 – Scott Adams, 68, cartoonist, hypnotist, philosopher, persuader, has passed away.
Episode 3071 CWSA – The Scott Adams School 01/13/26
If you are reading this, things did not go well for me. I have a few things to say before I go. My body fell before my brain.
I am of sound mind as I write this January 1st, 2026. If you wonder about any of my choices for my estate or anything else, please know I’m free of any reason or inappropriate influence of any sort. I promise.
Next, many of my Christian friends have asked me to find Jesus before I go. I’m not a believer, but I have to admit the risk reward calculation for doing so looks so attractive to me. So here I go.
I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior and look forward to spending an eternity with him. The part about me not being a believer should be quite quickly resolved if I wake up in heaven. I won’t need any more convincing than that.
I hope I’m still qualified for entry. With your permission, I’d like to explain my life. For the first part of my life, I was focused on making myself a worthy husband and parent as a way to find meaning.
That worked, but marriages don’t always last forever, and mine eventually ended in a highly amicable way. I’m grateful for those years and for the people I came to call my family. Once the marriage unwound, I needed a new focus, a new meaning, and so I donated myself to the world, literally speaking the words out loud in my otherwise silent home.
From that point on, I looked for ways I could add the most to people’s life, one way or another. That marked the start of my evolution from Dilbert cartoonist to an author of what I hoped would be useful books. By then, I believe I had enough life lessons that I could start passing them on.
I continued making Dilbert comics, of course. As luck would have it, I’m a good writer. My book in the useful category was how to fail at almost everything and still win big.
The book turned out to be a huge success, often imitated, and influenced a wide variety of people. I still hear every day how much the book changed lives. My plan to be useful was working.
I followed up with my book, Win Bigly, that trained an army of citizens how to be more persuasive, which that correctly saw as a minor superpower. I know the book changed lives because I hear it often. You probably never know the impact the book had on the world, but I know, and it pleases me while giving me a sense of meaning that is impossible to describe.
My next book, Loser Think, tried to teach people how to think better, especially if they were displaying their thinking on social media. That one didn’t put much of a dent in the universe, but I tried. Finally, my book, Reframe Your Brain, taught readers how to program their own thoughts to make their personal and professional lives better.
I was surprised and delighted at how much positive impact the book is having. I also started podcasting a live show called Coffee with Scott Adams, dedicated to helping people think about the world and their lives in a more productive way. I didn’t plan it this way, but it ended up helping lots of lonely people find a community that made them less lonely, again, that had great meaning to me.
I had an amazing life. I gave it everything I had. If I got any benefits from my work, I’m asking that you pay it forward as best as you can, that the legacy I want, that’s the legacy I want.
Be useful and please know I loved you all to the very end.
Scott Adams.
January 12, 2026 – The End Is Imminent, But Scott Soldiers On
Episode 3070 CWSA – The Scott Adams School 01-12-26
Just an update on me.
You can tell I’m getting weaker and weaker. I’ve been told that the way I know how much time I have left is by how tired I am and how much pain I am in basically. So my tiredness and my pain are maxing out and I’m in quite bad shape at the moment.
So today I was on Dilaudid and I don’t know. Ativan. Ativan.
They all said the same. But I will try to keep going as long as I can. Yesterday was brutal.
And when I fell asleep, when I would wake up, it would feel like I was going to wake up again. So I’m hanging on as long as I can for moral support. And I hope it has some value to you.
I’m way past my dimension of exploration. So I wake up very confused and tired. But I’ll do what I can.
Shelly [Adams, Scott’s First Ex-Wife], you’re the only thing keeping me alive right now. And thank you for everything. And we’ll try again tomorrow.
No promises.
January 8, 2026 – Hospice Mode
As of a week ago, Scott Adams has entered “hospice mode” which precludes any active interventions other than to make his last days comfortable.
Episode 3066 Coffee With Scott Adams 01-08-26
Now, I think I warned you earlier that I’ve reached a point of exhaustion that is caused primarily by the disease and not by what I’m doing. So I’m going to end early today, with your permission, or without, actually, because I can’t stay awake, and my mouth is too dry to continue talking.
So you’re watching the fast decline of my situation. I heard from a nurse that the way you can tell how much time you have left, like a rule of thumb, is that if you’re declining month to month, you probably have months to go. If you’re declining week to week, you probably have weeks to go.
And if you’re declining day to day, well, it’s pretty close. I’m definitely in the declining week to week mode. I should tell you directly, I think it’s time to tell you, that I’ve been in hospice mode for, I don’t know, a week now.
So once you enter hospice, it’s because you know that the other things won’t work, and all of the, you know, so I’m off the Pluvicto trial, because I’m not healthy enough, to be honest, and all the other things that you’re going to suggest, from ivermectin to fentanyl, those were the first things I tried, and things got worse with no improvement. A lot of you have suggestions. The worst suggestion is to fast.
As of today, based on how I feel, I don’t know if there’ll be a show tomorrow or ever again.
If I feel better, there will be. If I feel the way I felt today, this might be our last show. And, but I don’t know that for sure.
I’ll probably be fast asleep two minutes after I’m done here. I won’t be able to talk to the locals people privately, but I’ll definitely talk to you again. Thank you for all of this support.
Just crazy support. Thank you for everything you’ve done for me. Thank you for letting me come into your home and simultaneously sip with you.
I wish I could. Well, I’ve also been told that my mental acuity was sort of dropping pretty fast, and I definitely felt that today. Now, in the past, if I’ve been on painkillers or Ativan or something, there was a reason why I wasn’t as bright.
But I’m not on a painkiller right now, and I’m not on Ativan. So this decline that you can see, that’s actually just my body. It’s not because of any medicine.
So this is going to be a tough week because I’m doing some good-byes in person, and for the most part, there’s people I know I’ll never see again, and that’s pretty tough. Pretty tough. All right.
I think I’ve slurred my way across this enough. I think I’ve said what I need to say for now. Thank you for listening and watching.
Bye for now. I hope to see you later, but it might not be.
January 4, 2026 — Conversion to Christianity
Operating on the theory of zero risk and a positive gain, Scott Adams announces his plan to convert to Christianity. A well-known gamble that if God is not real and there is no heaven, that you have lost nothing; but if God is real and there is an afterlife, you have hedged your bet with untold benefits to be gained. All posed as respect for his audience who has tried fervently to convert him as he faces death in a short-term scenario. (Pascal’s Wager.)
January 2, 2026 – Bad News (In His Own Words)
"So I will give you a little bit of a heads up. I talked to my radiologist yesterday. He was working on the day before New Year’s.
And it’s all bad news. So the odds of me recovering are essentially zero. So I’ll give you any updates if that changes, but it won’t.
So there’s no chance I’ll get my feeling back in my legs. And I’ve got some ongoing heart failure, which is making it difficult to breathe. Sometimes during the day.
But at the moment, I can breathe and I’m not in any pain. However, you should prepare yourself that January will be probably a month of transition one way or the other. Now, I haven’t made decisions, but it was all bad news.
No good news at all."
December 18, 2025 – Declining Health
Scott remains hospitalized with inability to move anything below the waist. Received sixed radiation treatments to see if it would reverse the weakness in his lower body. It is unknown if he will continue Pluvicto. Massive hours-long coughing spell. Bravely soldiering on.
November 2, 2025 — Update: Appeal to President Trump
Scott is in the ER, but posted on X…
On Monday, I will ask President Trump, via X, to help save my life. He offered to help me if I needed it. I need it. As many of you know, I have metastasized prostate cancer. My healthcare provider, Kaiser of Northern California, has approved my application to receive a newly FDA-approved drug called Pluvicto. But they have dropped the ball in scheduling the brief IV to administer it and I can’t seem to fix that. I am declining fast. I will ask President Trump if he can get Kaiser of Northern California to respond and schedule it for Monday. That will give me a fighting chance to stick around on this planet a little bit longer. It is not a cure, but it does give good results to many people.
President Trump replied on his Truth Social platform, “On It.”
October 28, 2025 — Update
Scott Adams reports he can no longer use his right hand to draw and that his left hand is rapidly failing. On the good news side, he has been approved for the recently approved drug PLUVICTO, a prescription treatment used to treat adults with prostate-specific membrane antigen–positive metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. He will also be getting radiation in the hopes that it will relieve some of his almost overwhelming pain. His best case scenario is that he can extend his life until other treatments can emerge from the labs.
September 22, 2025 — Checking-in with Scott Adams…
In June 2025, Adams reported experiencing significant relief from his pain following the initiation of a new hormone therapy regimen. He described this treatment as providing him with renewed hope and the possibility of extending his life for a few more years.
With the autumnal equinox usually falling around September 22 or 23, we are at the very end of summer—almost fall, and thankfully Scott Adams is still with us. He has reported experiencing severe and constant pain, which has significantly impacted his mobility, necessitating the use of a walker. He mentioned that the pain "moves around to different parts of my body," and that he does not have any "good days." Yet, he pushes on, hosting his Live Stream show, Episode 2967 CWSA 09/23/25
May 20, 2025 – Original Post
| “Some of you have already guessed, so this won’t surprise you at all. But I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has. So I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones. But I’ve had it longer than he’s had it, well, longer than he’s admitted having it. So my life expectancy is maybe this summer. I’d expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer.” – Scott Adams |
In the grand landscape of American satire, few figures have cast as long a shadow or drawn as many knowing smiles as Scott Adams. Now, as he faces his final chapter with courage and clarity, we pause to reflect on the extraordinary impact of a man whose simple drawings revealed the often absurd complexities of modern life.
For those who don’t know of Scott Adams, he is the sharp pen behind his iconic creation, Dilbert, the patron saint of cubicle workers everywhere.
Dilbert is more than a comic strip character—he’s an icon of the modern workplace. Created by Scott Adams in 1989, Dilbert quickly became the universal symbol of life inside the corporate machine: endless meetings, jargon-filled emails, clueless managers, and soul-crushing bureaucracy. In a sea of beige walls, fluorescent lighting, and inbox overload, Dilbert stood tall—not with bravado, but with bemused endurance. And in doing so, he became a hero of the modern age.
Dilbert is an engineer by title but a philosopher at heart. He never rants. He doesn’t fight the system. He simply endures it—questioning, observing, and quietly revealing its absurdities. His calm, deadpan reactions reflect what millions of office workers feel but can’t always say out loud.
For those trapped in cubicles across the world, Dilbert became a kind of comic relief and silent solidarity whose daily musings were posted on break room refrigerators, forwarded in email chains, and tacked to corkboards.
Mocking the clichés of corporate culture, including pointy-haired bosses, endless PowerPoint presentations, and buzzwords like “synergy” and “paradigm shift,” Dilbert gave workers tacit permission to laugh at the inefficiency, pettiness, and occasional insanity of office life. It didn’t change their jobs—but it reminded them they weren’t alone.
Where other comics chased gags, Dilbert chased truth, delivering it in four-panel strips that gave workers around the world not just humor, but validation.
Scott Adams…
A former communications engineer at Pacific Bell from 1986 to 1995. Drawing on his real-world experience in the workplace, Adams crafted humor that resonated with millions. In addition to his comics, he has written several bestselling books on business, success, and persuasion. Known for his provocative views and unfiltered commentary, Adams remains a unique voice in both the cartooning and cultural commentary worlds. Beyond cartooning, he has written several bestselling books on business, success, and persuasion, and is recognized for his provocative and often-controversial public commentary.
Bottom line…
For decades, Dilbert has served as a mirror to the white-collar world—an office-bound hero armed not with a cape, but with sarcasm, skepticism, and a slightly bent tie. Scott Adams gave a voice to cubicle dwellers everywhere, turning fluorescent-lit frustrations into universal truths. He made us laugh at our bosses, question our processes, and—most importantly—recognize that we weren’t alone in feeling that something about corporate life just didn’t make sense.
But beyond the comics, Adams has always been more than a cartoonist. He’s been a provocateur, a thinker unafraid to challenge assumptions, and a man who walked his own path regardless of popular opinion. He ventured into writing, business, technology, and commentary with the same daring brushstrokes that defined his art. While some of his views sparked controversy, they also sparked conversation—an increasingly rare achievement in a polarized world.
Now, as he battles terminal prostate cancer—a journey no man chooses but many face with silent dignity—we salute not just the creator, but the human being. The man who turned office politics into punchlines. The artist who helped millions laugh through the monotony. The mind that never stopped asking “why?” even when the answers were uncomfortable.
In this somber moment, we offer thanks to Scott Adams for the wit, the candor, and the legacy. Whether through a comic strip or a thought-provoking tweet, he has etched his mark on the culture, one panel at a time.
May peace, comfort, and clarity accompany him now, just as his work accompanied us through countless mornings with coffee in hand and a smirk on our faces.
Thank you, Scott. You made my workplace a little more bearable—and the world a little more interesting.
— Steve
