Re: How to make money fast (in science fiction)

On Mar 26, 8:32 pm, David Friedman <d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>  darkm...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > This is the problem - how to make serious money fast with the least
> > risk, starting from nothing (really nothing, as stranger without past
> > and without do***ents) in todays America.
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> > The simplest and "scifiest" way - to become an inventor, creating
> > wonderful stuff like fusion power, room temterature superconductors,
> > artificial intelligence etc.. is plain out. The Visitor has enemies
> > who have general idea where in the multiverse is is hiding, and our
> > timeline (together with many "nearby" ones) is watched and any serious
> > disturbance from "normal evolution" of comparable civilzations will be
> > noticed. In other words, he can become a leading businessman or
> > politician (in fact, to amass billion of dollars, he will have to),
> > but he must not behave differently from his Earthly counterparts.
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> I think the obvious answer is either gambling or speculation. He should
> be able to make money at blackjack, although not, I think, on the scale
> he needs--that's a game where a perfect player on average wins. He can
> do better at poker.
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> Once he has a million or two made that way, the next step is probably
> the stock market. With his super intelligence, plus some knowledge of
> what is or isn't technologically possible, he ought to be able to
> outguess the market, and making a billion dollars, in a reasonably quiet
> and discreet way, shouldn't make that many waves.
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But how would he trade on the market, without an identity?

I think developing a fake persona and getting some ID would be a first
step.