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Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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I like how it begins with... "In the United States, where we have more land than people..."

Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true.

If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap.

Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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post #4
post #2

I like how it begins with... "In the United States, where we have more land than people..."

Only people living in big cities think this isn’t still true. If you so desire, huge portions of land in the country “flyover” USA are yours to be had for very cheap. Of course it’s difficult to get internet there, so how will the millennials make it?

4G coverage is actually pretty good these days.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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I like how it begins with... "In the United States, where we have more land than people..."

Still extremely true. https://snowbrains.com/map-nobody-lives-usa-47-usa-uninhabit...

They should have excluded swamps, mountains and deserts to give a better picture.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Life tells you what you should do in two ways: what you like to do and what you are good at. Of course liking something and being good at it often go hand in hand.

When you are good at something, it’s fun to keep doing it so you feel better than other people. When you like to do something, you often get good at it.

Re: Golden Rules for Making Money (1880)

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Our Fake History podcast has an excellent series on PT Barnum. He was something of a genius promoter (and self-promoter). Today he's best remember for his circus act, but that was just one of a long line of productions he put on.

In Barnum's parlance, a "humbug" was a practical joke played on his audience. A less charitable interpretation is that of some of Barnum's humbugs are downright fraudulent. It's a fun story.

Episode 1 of 3 is here: https://ourfakehistory.com/index.php/season-2/episode-32-who...

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