Amish: the most technologically sophisticated people (McKibben)
June 15th, 2007 | Published in Consumerism, Life, Quotes, Culture, Technology | 1 Comment
The Amish are the most technologically sophisticated people on this continent, the best at picking and choosing among innovations, deciding which ones make sense and which ones don’t….
The larger society at the moment has a primitive and superstitious belief that we must accept new technologies, that they are somehow more powerful than we are. Which makes the Amish in some ways the most modern American subculture—far more modern than some fellow with a cell phone who doesn’t really like how it changes his life, but has one just because it seems “normal.”
–Bill McKibben, Enough: Staying Human in an Engineered Age (2003), p. 166-168
March 27th, 2008 at 11:10 am (#)
wow! I love Amish people alot. In fact my soon to be husband is Amish! well, kinda. People call him Amish and he just shrugs his shoulders and walks away, but still. If I were to rate this web site I would definitely give it a 5 star! They are pretty smart people. Seeing as they have no electricity or cars and stuff like that. And they still survive in this world! Isn’t that amazing?!