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Comment author: katydee 08 December 2010 01:55:46AM 0 points [-]

Are there any good ways of getting rich that don't involve selling your soul?

Comment author: rhollerith_dot_com 08 December 2010 03:44:24AM 6 points [-]

Please rephrase without using "selling your soul".

Comment author: wedrifid 08 December 2010 04:07:32AM 15 points [-]

Are there any good ways of getting rich that don't involve a Faustian exchange with Lucifer himself?

Comment author: Alicorn 08 December 2010 04:25:41AM 3 points [-]

Pfft. No good ways.

Comment author: katydee 08 December 2010 07:44:06AM 2 points [-]

Without corrupting my value system, I suppose? I'm interested in getting money for reasons other than my own benefit. I am not fully confident in my ability to enter a field like finance without either that changing or me getting burned out by those around me.

Comment author: gwern 08 December 2010 03:09:55AM *  3 points [-]

As well ask if there are hundred-dollar bills lying on sidewalks.

EDIT: 2 days after I wrote this, I was walking down the main staircase in the library and laying on the central landing, highly contrasted against the floor, in completely clear view of 4 or 5 people who walked past it, was a dollar bill. I paused for a moment reflecting on the irony that sometimes there are free lunches - and picked it up.