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A sidenote, but that is not a typical Amish opinion of technology: "Amish do not view technology as evil, and individuals may petition for acceptance of a part
by Ariarule 14d ago
A sidenote, but that is not a typical Amish opinion of technology:
"Amish do not view technology as evil, and individuals may petition for acceptance of a particular technology in the local community" - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_way_of_life#Use_of_modern_technology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amish_way_of_life#Use_of_moder...
See also https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-amish-let-technology-in-without-letting-it-take-over/ https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-the-amish-let-technol... about some Amish use of cell phones with adapters to be more payphone/landline-like and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21349989 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21349989 was a discussion about the use of pneumatic machinery by the Amish.
- brabel 14d agoI know that and I am sorry if I offended anyone (would be wild to meet a real Amish here!), but that was the only example I could find that met approximately the behavior of the OP. I thought about ludites as well but that was worse still.