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tim-projectsyesterday at 5:50 PM3 repliesview on HN

Day trader Garbage collector Zoo keeper Tennis player Lifeguard


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apsurdyesterday at 5:56 PM

They're all making a living by telling people the truth that want the truth. The more money they make the more they deviate being solidly in camp #2.

It's an aphorism. I enjoyed it. It's not a proof of the Universe.

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xoxolianyesterday at 7:49 PM

- Day traders: Usually get rich "lying" — as influencers. As I hear, very few successful traders have day trading as their only income (and very few are successful), so they supplement it with other income streams. And those income streams, when relevant to daytrading, tend not to inform audiences that they'll best earn maybe 20% per year, and maybe only be able to live off capital above $100-500k.

- Garbage collector, zoo keeper, lifeguard: As honest jobs, you can hopefully make a living doing these. To leverage these skills to become rich.. I don't know, but would imagine there might be some big lies along the way.

- Tennis player: How do they become rich, endorsements? Does associating yourself with a racket, shoe or energy drink count as telling truth or lying? Since ads aren't an analysis of the racket's technical properties, nor its contribution to your playing... I'd say it's lying.

nunezyesterday at 9:44 PM

gambling, option 2, option 2, biological gambling, option 2