Re: Could there be a Gnarly Man in current times?

On 10/05/2024 00:45, Tony Nance wrote:

On 5/8/24 5:33 AM, D wrote:

Then you could just live as a crazy guy on the street in a warm location.
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Another road to victory might be the extreme opposite in case the person manages to become a billionaire. That might make hiding and changing identities a lot easier.

 de Camp also never brought up compound interest or banking in general. Then again, it is a short story - 25 pages in my MMPB.
- Tony

This probably is covered in... yup:
<https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CompoundInterestTimeTravelGambit>
Ironically "The Time Eater" Web site!
I Don't remember it, but there's a cite
of _The Time Machine_ - where apparently
the idea is shot down.  The book has had
various editions, so they may vary.
"In one _Red Dwarf_ episode, it is revealed
that Dave left GBP 17.50 in his bank account
on Earth. Three million years have passed,
and he now owns 98% of the world's wealth.
He also left a sausage out on his table
which went mouldy; now the mould covers
seven-eights of the surface of the Earth.
Furthermore, he left the lightbulb on in
his bathroom, racking up a gigantic debt to
the local utility company, which has now
become the ruling faction on Earth and whose
battle fleet is rapidly approaching in an
_Attempt To Collect._". (This is wrapped up
with a cunning plot twist.)