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Some news cuts through everything else and forces you to take a minute, slow down, and really sit with the truth. This is one of those moments.

Scott Adams, the legendary comic writer and illustrator behind Dilbert, has shared that his experimental treatment for prostate cancer did not work. After exhausting his options, he’s now preparing for what he has described as a final transition, likely within the next month.

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Here’s Scott Adams speaking in his own words… just a man laying out the reality of where he is, what he’s facing, and why he’s choosing to keep showing up for as long as he can.

God Bless him.

Yes, this is sad and difficult to watch, but it’s important to hear him directly.

Jay Plemons:

Pray for Scott Adams!

@ScottAdamsSays “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 a probably a month of transition one way or the other.

Now, I haven’t made any decisions, but it was all bad news, no good news at all.

So I will keep doing this as long as it makes sense because I like doing it.”

There’s something incredibly powerful about listening to someone confront the end with clarity, honesty, and a quiet determination to keep doing what he loves while he can.

But that’s because Scott Adams isn’t just a cartoonist. He’s been a thinker, a teacher, and a quiet force for the political right for years. He helped people understand systems, power, persuasion, and human behavior in a way that nobody else has. For so many of us, he wasn’t just entertainment; he was comfort and guidance.

As you likely know, President Trump helped Scott pursue that experimental treatment that ended up not working.  But right now, we’re left with a strong, determined man that isn’t in denial but is overflowing with dignity.

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And what’s been so incredibly striking in the days since the sad news broke isn’t despair, but gratitude, pouring in from all corners, including close friends like independent journalist and filmmaker Mike Cernovich, who wrote something so powerful, we had to share it.

Mike Cernovich:

Scott Adams, facing death, shows us how to live.

Someone recommended “How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big” by Scott Adams. I had burned out on mainstream books, but picked it up, and was hooked. He had put into words a way of living, similar to one I had found, except his approach was systemic and analytical. Better than my own slapdash notes. Outside of religious texts, Adams was and is as close to a “guide to life,” as you’ll ever find. And even if you’re religious, you still live in this world, and would be wise to learn how to navigate it.

Scott is closing in on the end of his life, and even now he is creating new beginnings.

I’d better write this now, I won’t be able to when it’s too late.

After losing Charlie Kirk, a lot of us are wondering how we can possibly write another obituary. While there’s much to complain about the internet and social media, those mediums expanded the sizes of our communities, our influences, and indeed our families. Too often we find new ways to hate people, instead of finding new people to love.

Scott Adams comes up in conversation at every social event I host. “How is Scott Adams doing? Will he make it?” We all talk about streams we watched and lessons learned. It’s a memorial except he’s still alive. Scott would love to hear that, which is why I have said so repeatedly. I’ve lost too many people, via death or fallings-out, to leave feeling unexpressed.

He’s been a surrogate father figure and mentor to millions of people.

Scott Adams is not liked, he is loved.

People don’t “like” Scott Adams, they aren’t “a fan of his.” They love this man. And I do as well. I’m still living in denial of his fate. We all are.

We’d been making a film about the meaning of life, and while Scott Adams had been in both of our other films, we hadn’t booked him for Meaning yet. Then we found out he was going to take the ride of assisted suicide. Foolishly, we had assumed he’d always be around. Nobody ever dies, right? Your dad will be there to take your call the next time you phone home. Your friends aren’t going anywhere. That’s how we too often live. We could book Scott later.

We reached out and he graciously agreed to be interviewed. We all knew it was going to be our last interview together. Scott and I are both efficient with our time. When a moment is over, it’s time to go do something else. Obligations call. The crew pushed this one as long as we could.

After the interview wrapped up and the gear was packed and it was time to go, there was an awkward pause. I broke it.

“Scott, we love you.” He said thank you. “No, Scott, we love you, I mean it, we all do. We love you.”

None of us broke down crying, not that there would have been any shame in that, but we no doubt all soon will.

Well then, what is the lesson of Scott Adams?

On a practical level, the lesson of Scott Adams is the power of showing up. Nobody works harder and on a more regular schedule. You can set your clock to Scott’s show. Too many of us wait for the muse of inspiration or the jolt of information to force us into action. Work, everyday, maybe in obscuring and without tangible benefits for years. Eventually you’ll hit your mark and go beyond.

Scott plugged away with his streams from a small account (after a huge career via Dilbert) and soon became must-watch, and then transcended his role to becoming something much more.

On a spiritual level, we might ask, why do we love Scott? It’s not because he’s so smart (he is). There are not shortage of intelligent, clever, Machiavellian, and rich people with podcasts. When one of them dies, what is lost? All of that Ego and desire for adoration, and does anybody even care? When those people fall while living, who will be there?

Scott is loved because he’s devoted his life to service to humanity. “What is the meaning of life,” is the question we ask every interviewee, and Scott’s answer, “Be useful to humanity.”

Despite pain, sickness, and inevitable death, Scott is doing his daily streams, serving his country and all of humankind until his end.

He’s a light to the world and a mirror for all of us.

What exactly are we doing with the gift of life given to us by God. (Scott believes in the Simulation, but I believe God evens this all out in the Judgment.) Are we doing enough for others? Are we doing anything for others?

Like everyone else, I’m capable of throwing myself a pity party. Sometimes when life is going too well, and I don’t have real problems, I invent some. That’s where the Ego brings you, recursively worshipping itself, and when that fails, tormenting itself, as each path leads to its own attention.

May all of us live more like Scott Adams, and may God bless his immortal soul when he passes.

P.S. I ran this article through Grok for typos. The original version had “immoral” soul where I meant it to read “immortal.” I think Scott would have had a great laugh had that typo been left in.

These photos Mike shared are lovely. Here’s a closeup:

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Also, Jack Posobiec summed up Scott’s life so perfectly in this X post:

For those who’ve learned from Scott, laughed because of him, or felt less alone listening to his calming voice of reason over the years, this is a challenging moment. We feel it too.

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We’ll close this out with prayers for Scott, for peace, comfort, and strength in whatever comes next. And we want to thank him for the life he’s lived, the work he’s done, and the example he continues to set, right up to the very end.

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