A shadow in his own home, Potter wanders around the property he's been squatting on for a decade. Money and most creature comforts don't concern Potter as much as his desire for solitude, which is part of the reason he lives in what most people would say are uninhabitable conditions. "If you make something worthless, no one else will want it," he said. "Then they can't take it from you, they can't hurt you anymore."