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Comment author: Daniel_Burfoot 15 February 2011 02:24:29PM 1 point [-]

Note that to a very great extent these "muse" ideas are like tricks to make money on the stock market: the people who know about them have no incentive to share them. If everyone and his brother start selling nutritional supplements, that scheme is very quickly going to become unprofitable.

Conclusion: probably to find a muse or optimal employment, you have to get out there and search.

Comment author: Dr_Manhattan 16 February 2011 01:07:03AM 0 points [-]

Partially true; but some markets are so deeply suboptimal that a guy can come to the country with 10 bucks and take over the small hotel industry, one hotel at a time

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,644169-2,00.html