Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 16th August 2012

Dilbert//8524, first published fourteen years ago on Thursday 16th August 2012

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announcement economic value engineers google mergers & acquisitions modern day podium public speaking slave trader

Official transcript

CEO: Google has offered to buy our company for $100 million just to get our engineers. I agreed to the deal because I'm a modern day slave trader who believes engineers are property and the rest of you have no economic value. Who wrote my speech? Employee: Someone with no economic value.

originally published on dilbert.com

Open source transcript

GOOGLE HAS OFFERED TO BUY OUR COMPANY FOR #100 MILLION JUST TO GET OUR ENGINEERS I AGREED TO THE DEAL BECAUSE I'M A MODERN DAY SLAVE TRADER WHO BELIEVES ENGINEERS ARE PROPERTY AND THE REST OF YOU HAVE NO ECONOMIC VALUE.

WHO WROTE MY SPEECH?

SOMEONE WITH NO ECONOMIC VALUE.

collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive

AI Analysis

Title: "The Slave Trader's Proposal"

Summary:

The comic strip depicts a meeting between a company's CEO and a slave trader. The CEO announces that Google has offered to buy the company for $100 million, which the CEO believes is a fair price. However, the slave trader disagrees, stating that he is a modern-day slave trader who believes engineers are property and have no economic value. The CEO is taken aback by this statement, and the slave trader reveals that he wrote the CEO's speech, implying that he has been manipulating the CEO's actions. The comic strip highlights the absurdity of the situation and the power dynamics at play.

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