> - to generate income you need to either provide something valuable, scam people or get extremely lucky This isn't always true. If you're famous and/or import

> - to generate income you need to either provide something valuable, scam people or get extremely lucky This isn't always true. If you're famous and/or important, you can get paid a high salary to sit on corporate boards and put in a few dozen hours/year. I guess maybe that falls under "get extremely lucky"?