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Alternatives to making a fortune from the housing market Ah, the housing market, you say. It's easy. All you have to do is buy a house and watch it go up in value. Is that why so many property owners are panicking right now, because they have never stopped to consider that the market could go down as well as up? So how does it work? How can you make money from houses? If the simple answer doesn't always work, what's the more complicated answer? Ah, well now, you might have to read the article. Internet Authors value the truth When is a lie merely a well-meaning platitude? Do people ever say what they really mean. Not in the world of Traditional Publishing, certainly, where would-be authors are fobbed off, ignored and denigrated daily. Far better to explore the world of the Internet Author, where you get what you ask for and there's no reason to dissemble. Try the honest approach and start a new life, away from the platitudes of publishing and the lies of literature. Alternatives to showing off Who says that oil is 'running out'? Who cares? Certainly not the people in their big cars, cruising down the six lane highways without a care in the world. Oh, they don't care what we think! Ah, but they do. The only reason they pretend to be oblivious to the way the world is going is that they are 'showing off'. They think we will be impressed. They need to think again. A human being without a brain is not a pretty sight. Internet Authors are the new King Kong Who's that ape on the top of the Empire State building? Oh yeah, him. That's an Internet Author, the latest person to tear up the planet and make things new. It's changed, all this publishing business. Books don't come out of skyscraper offices anymore. They're written in garrets and basements and they get posted round the world using that most modern device, the computer. King Kong has torn up the contract. It's all different now. Alternatives to remembering details Uh, what was it he said? Something about lumberjacks? No, it was really good, right, it's just that it's lost a bit in the retelling, and yes, it was brilliant. It was really good. It's just - Oh, I can't remember his name. I was never very good with details. But then, who is? Right? Alternatives to guilt by association Young people are spending too much time in their bedrooms, tapping on their computers. It's unhealthy, we're told. Don't worry, parents, someone is keeping an eye on them. Someone is monitoring every website they visit, every item they buy or download, every keystroke they make. You want to keep an eye on them? Lots of other people do too. Is it good? Is it healthy? Is it done for their health? What do you think? No, really. Alternatives to conflict Argue? Moi? Yes, well, the problem is that some people have opinions, which mean that if you ever bother to say what you think, (and you might not), then bet on it, someone out there is going to disagree with you. And why shouldn't they? But why shouldn't you, say what you mean? Is everyone right? Are we all wrong? Or would it be better if we could just figure a way to get along? Wanna try it? Alternatives to profiting from crime Who's that guy in the expensive clothes and the flashy watch? Well, it could be a successful businessman, a sports personality or a criminal dealing in death. Why? Why do we let the gangsters get away with it? Why don't we have the courage to say, You do the crime, you give up the flash. That would show them! If they can't show off, then what's the point of dealing drugs? It isn't a career, it's just trying to look good. Alternatives to communication Hello? Anyone out there? Are you listening? Got something to say? Amazingly, everyone's talking but no one can hear a thing. It's a problem: the new Social Networking sites promised to put people in touch and help them to share and to talk to each other. There's a lot of noise but is there any communication? Can anyone really hear what anyone else has to say? Is there a point? Alternatives to being natural Smallpox is 'natural', it's just one of the things we don't really like in the world. But if it's yoghurt or blueberries, then the more 'natural' the better, apparently. We all love those 'natural' things. That must make them unique. In most people's lives, from the moment we wake up to the time we go to bed, practically everything we touch, use or make, is completely 'unnatural'. Is that so hard to appreciate? Alternatives to sophistication We get older. Do we get wiser? Unfortunately, many people in the advanced civilisations that we call The West seem to be content to revel in the baser instincts and count conquests of a personal nature amongst their rather flimsy list of achievements. What do we really have to boast about? Is there anything we can be really proud of? The list might be smaller than you think. Alternatives to being Roman We're here and the Romans aren't. That's a good thing, right? Well, only if you believe that they deserved to get overtaken by the juggernaut of history and we have something special that means we'll survive longer than they did. A thousand years? We've have to have something very special to be that good. Well, how do we compare? Let's see. Alternatives to GM foods Well, somebody says that GM foods are good for you, but wait a minute, isn't that the same person who sells it to you? Isn't that the same person who is ripping off Third World farmers, stealing fields from Canadian farmers and concealing the amount of GM in everyday purchases like rice and soya? Uh, do they have my best interests at heart? Or is it their own interests that weigh most heavily? Who's the puppet, and who's pulling the strings? Alternatives on the road to addiction If your children, or the children next door, turned to a life of dangerous drugs, you'd be only too keen to look for a reason and try and find an excuse. Is that any help? It might be that it doesn't matter how the habit started, especially after a few years. What matters is giving up the self-destructive habit. Then we can talk about it. If there's a problem, maybe we can fix it. But that comes later, once you're off the road of addiction. Alternatives to the differences between men and women Everything's out in the open, these days. Or so we are told. Unfortunately, we're not told everything. In doctor's surgeries and clinics, people find it as difficult as ever to have full and frank discussions. That can't be right, surely? We live in modern times. Not at all, says this article, and goes on to raise several important issues. Well, what do you think? Alternatives to losing at gambling Why do some people walk out of the casino with a fat wallet and some exit with no shirt on their back? What are the factors that decide winning or losing, and, more important, does this have anything at all to do with real life? Are their 'gamblers' at other things too, apart from cards? The answer, surprisingly, is simpler than it sounds, and the rules, if you choose to follow them, can produce worthwhile results.

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