# The Only Way to Make Money

Outside of theft and burglary, the only way to make money is to convince other
people to give you their money.

### Honest Ways

There are two honest ways of convincing people to give you their money:

- make useful things
- perform useful services

### Dishonest Ways

There are also dishonest ways of convincing people to give you their money:

- make useless things and swindle people to pay for it
- perform useless services and swindle people to pay for it

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## Be Useful

You and your creations can be useful in some of the following ways:

- treat and prevent pain
- produce sustainable food, clothing, shelter, transportation, manufacturing,
  materials, and energy
- enhance collective human wisdom
- promote peace
- distribute knowledge and wisdom
- allocate talent/capital for human/animal/plant flourishing
- fill hearts with inspiration, fear, laughter, anger, melancholy, etc.
- create tools for creators
- support useful people