There's definitely that aspect of it. I think what has evolved out of the book, especially as connectivity has gotten better across the world, is the 'digital

There's definitely that aspect of it. I think what has evolved out of the book, especially as connectivity has gotten better across the world, is the 'digital nomad' jobs you see. People working remotely at US wages while living in Chiang Mai or Medellin and using the value of the US dollar to really extend their visits. Retiree expats were already doing it and now people can actually do that while of working age. The ones that fall into a snake oil or other sort of category are the folks that are funding these trips via selling you e-books about how you can do the same thing. It has an MLM feel about it. I also, as someone that has lived and traveled abroad for long periods of time, wonder about burnout. Some people can keep up that life for a while but it can get pretty tiresome. As to creating 'turnkey' businesses...I have a friend whose wife works at a startup that they've "built to sale" aka the pipe dream of growing fast and trying to cash out in x number of years as if they were flipping a house vs building a viable business that someone would actually want to acquire (or that makes money). It relies mainly on overseas programmers to build it and, given the very little amount of cash I know they have, I doubt they're of the highest or most consistent quality. Tim Ferriss isn't the only one selling the snake oil. SV does a pretty good job itself, as we know from hanging out on HN.