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I\'d say that there\'s three level of problems.
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I\\\'d say that making cash with Inspiration is about as easy as making cash without it. I\\\'d say that there\\\'s three level of problems.
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The first level, which eliminates the craziest of the Inspired is insanity. They can\'t think past the obvious, it never occurs to them that \
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The first level, which eliminates the craziest of the Inspired is insanity. They can\\\'t think past the obvious, it never occurs to them that \\\"maybe with my knowledge of mad geology there are better ways to make money than tunnel into banks, perhaps I can locate oil for money.\\\"
Those who have the madness in check hit problem 2: Jabir. Yes you have the oil map, or your Automata computer can render the new Transformers film for 1/100th of the cost of the server farm they\\\'re using now, or you can get satellites into space. But can you walk into Nasa and sell that without looking like an absolute lunatic? Remember: turning up to the meeting in a flying car can convince anyone, but will probably create at least one Beholden or Genius.
Now that eliminates most of the Inspired, but still leaves a very large population who are sane enough to come up with a good idea, and have some system to defeat Jabir (Director\\\'s Grant, Automata replica, beholden representatives, really good social skills). They hit the final problem, how many satellite launchers does Nasa need? One guy with Skafoi 3 could probably match the whole of real world Nasa.
Most of the good jobs: Satellite guy, government seer, running \\\"the cloud\\\" on a single computer. There\\\'s a lot more applicants than places. Other jobs, like \\\"alternative medicine\\\" and aids cures. There\\\'s a stable living there, but charging 5 million because you\\\'re the only guy in the world who can cure Aids only works until guy #2 starts charging 5 thousand. There\\\'s probably a steady income to be made running an \\\"alternative\\\" pharmacy but it\\\'s not going to make you super rich.
So long story short. Nothing about Havoc or Inspiration stops Geniuses from making cash: There might only be room for one NASA satilight guy, but he\\\'s rolling in money. A Genius just needs to be a skilled entrepreneur as well as a skilled mad scientist.
Those who have the madness in check hit problem 2: Jabir. Yes you have the oil map, or your Automata computer can render the new Transformers film for 1/100th of the cost of the server farm they\\\'re using now, or you can get satellites into space. But can you walk into Nasa and sell that without looking like an absolute lunatic? Remember: turning up to the meeting in a flying car can convince anyone, but will probably create at least one Beholden or Genius.
Now that eliminates most of the Inspired, but still leaves a very large population who are sane enough to come up with a good idea, and have some system to defeat Jabir (Director\\\'s Grant, Automata replica, beholden representatives, really good social skills). They hit the final problem, how many satellite launchers does Nasa need? One guy with Skafoi 3 could probably match the whole of real world Nasa.
Most of the good jobs: Satellite guy, government seer, running \\\"the cloud\\\" on a single computer. There\\\'s a lot more applicants than places. Other jobs, like \\\"alternative medicine\\\" and aids cures. There\\\'s a stable living there, but charging 5 million because you\\\'re the only guy in the world who can cure Aids only works until guy #2 starts charging 5 thousand. There\\\'s probably a steady income to be made running an \\\"alternative\\\" pharmacy but it\\\'s not going to make you super rich.
So long story short. Nothing about Havoc or Inspiration stops Geniuses from making cash: There might only be room for one NASA satilight guy, but he\\\'s rolling in money. A Genius just needs to be a skilled entrepreneur as well as a skilled mad scientist.
