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Ingenuity, from Ken Smith

The engineering student who did the fabrication of an air conditioner on top of his sedan is a marvel of ingenuity and individualism. Bo Keely out in the California desert might think of doing something like this. Keely built structures in the desert so he could live there, where there is no water, no electricity, no plumbing, no transportation, no telephones, no computers. The fire department could never get there in time to snuff out a blaze. The Air Force flys overhead with jet blasts and drops bombs three miles from his hole in the ground where his intimates are rattlers, insects, rats, tarantulas, scorpions.