Dilbert cartoon first published on Friday 22nd July 2005

Dilbert//5942, first published 21 years ago on Friday 22nd July 2005

Tags

minor success chance corporate ruination

Official transcript

The project has a 70% chance of minor success and a 30% chance of corporate ruination.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

THE PROJECT HAS A 70% CHANCE OF MINOR SUCCESS AND A 30% CHANCE OF CORPORATE RUINATION.

70% 30% I LIKE THOSE ODDS. WHEN CAN WE START?

START?

I WISH WE HAD TEN MORE PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "A 70% Chance of Success and a 30% Chance of Corporate Ruination"

Summary:

The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled engineer, standing in front of a whiteboard. He presents two options to his coworkers:

• A 70% chance of minor success
• A 30% chance of corporate ruination

Dilbert's coworkers are skeptical, but he remains optimistic. When asked how many projects like this one he wishes they had, Dilbert responds, "I wish we had ten more projects like this one."

The comic strip humorously highlights the absurdity of corporate decision-making, where even a low probability of success can be appealing if it means avoiding failure. The strip pokes fun at the tendency for companies to prioritize risk-taking over caution, often with disastrous consequences.

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