Ummm... brilliant advice and list of questions! I gotta say, every time my tech doesn't sync the way it was promised to sync and I spend my time (often hours) re-entering passwords, re-starting, and just general IT voodoo, my go-to saying is 'maybe the Amish had a point'. For me it's a metaphor in minimizing or just eschewing tech altogether, but the way the actual Amish actually do the adoption (something I didn't know until your essay) is a much better way forward. Thank you!
Yeah I learned this about the Amish recently too. I was embarrassed to have such a one-dimensional view of them. There is a lot we can learn from them even though their lifestyle is super different from us. I first learned this from Kevin Kelly, the founder of WIRED Magazine. He's very tech-forward, but also spent a lot of time with the Amish.
Ummm... brilliant advice and list of questions! I gotta say, every time my tech doesn't sync the way it was promised to sync and I spend my time (often hours) re-entering passwords, re-starting, and just general IT voodoo, my go-to saying is 'maybe the Amish had a point'. For me it's a metaphor in minimizing or just eschewing tech altogether, but the way the actual Amish actually do the adoption (something I didn't know until your essay) is a much better way forward. Thank you!
Yeah I learned this about the Amish recently too. I was embarrassed to have such a one-dimensional view of them. There is a lot we can learn from them even though their lifestyle is super different from us. I first learned this from Kevin Kelly, the founder of WIRED Magazine. He's very tech-forward, but also spent a lot of time with the Amish.