[ookdatnog]

Likely there's a kernel of truth here: a kid growing up in desperate poverty and having to be resourceful to survive. But it seems pretty clear that there are people who have a lot riding on his story: looking up "Cole Summers" brings up mostly blogs for me, typically associated with either the home-/unschooling movement or conservatism, presenting his story with the underlying message: "See what happens if you don't let schools/the government brainwash your child and just let them develop naturally. They will become entrepreneurial geniuses and restore American values." That's not to say that this story is a lie, just that the people telling this story have incentive to exaggerate the kid's achievements, and I see no reason to take them at their word.

[morelisp]

For a kid who loved farms and hated smartphones, he spent an awful lot of time posting.