At my university, professors had phone lines, but only in their offices. In my lower education, there was a main office with administrative assistants that would handle messages for the teachers.

We did have the classic intercom system, and the main office could page a teacher if something urgent was going on.

Right now a startup using AI can get some funding if you have a half decent idea and a prototype. It’s dumb, but that’s a thing.

B2b saas type offerings can make some bank. Wrap an aws service and resell with your own flair…

You can sell data, but that requires an idea.

Otherwise buy some glass beads and get your ass on etsy

Abstaining from a thing does not make one a vegan. That’s not how any of this works.

I’ll get up and go to another room. Try to read or do something until I get sleepy and try again.

Probably try to get my identity back. I’m not trying to escape anything currently, and not having documentation is a dangerous thing in the world these days.