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From the page; "Books became my refuge. “Rich Dad, Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki wasn’t just a book; it was an epiphany. "

Really says it all. For the initiated, RD, PD philosophy on getting rich is to find suckers who will pay for your advice on how to get rich.

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And if you scroll to the bottom he now is an expert in AI having "learned from the best" and founded an AI company doing something with LLMs.

I too have watched the first couple lectures of an Andrew Ng course. Haha.

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Isn't that the plan for virtually anyone that gives business advice? Jordan Belfort has likely made more with paid appearances than he ever made in the stock market.

There's some guy on YouTube I watched who does gold mining by hand on property you can either buy or lease. There's apparently still tiny amounts of gold near the surface in high enough purity for it to be possible. He does in fact extract and sell small amounts of gold. I imagine his book he wrote about doing this makes him more money than he ever could make mining gold.

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If Books Could Kill is a decent podcast that covers a few of the worst examples of book grifts.