> I was particularly intrigued by “The Amish seek to master technology rather than become its slave.”
The Amish actually fascinate me in this regard. If you've ever met with an Amish person, they are far from primitive or dumb.
When the Amish communities were first founded, they were technologically no different than the groups around them. Just anytime a new technology is introduced, Elders host a discussion about how they would adopt it as a group. So it ends up as some Amish have telephones and some don't and etc.
The Amish actually fascinate me in this regard. If you've ever met with an Amish person, they are far from primitive or dumb.
When the Amish communities were first founded, they were technologically no different than the groups around them. Just anytime a new technology is introduced, Elders host a discussion about how they would adopt it as a group. So it ends up as some Amish have telephones and some don't and etc.