"radical experiment in self-sufficiency" "It took him two months and seven thousand dollars, most of it donated, to build the tractor." You keep using that wo

"radical experiment in self-sufficiency" "It took him two months and seven thousand dollars, most of it donated, to build the tractor." You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it does. Also, if you find the topic interesting, I highly recommend the techno-thriller duo of books, "Daemon" and "Freedom(TM)" by Daniel Suarez. They end up touching on this topic, by the second book.