he spent less time doing the labor-intensive Web design and more time searching for the cold fusion of internet marketing: “passive income.” This was shorthand for a variety of techniques whereby one could generate wealth while sitting around doing nothing. Some were proven yet not easily attainable, such as living off the compound interest from one’s investments and savings. Others—unlike Corey’s methods—were elaborate, unworkable, or illegal, such as pyramid schemes and spambot-powered credit card fraud.
