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   Howard Rheingold (hrheingold@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 08:10:30 JST Howard Rheingold

   Contrary to popular belief, many Amish are clever technologists. When I spent time with them for this Wired article -- about why and how they use mobile phones -- one local who employed Amish artisans told me: "they could build a space ship, given the right materials." They use compressed air as "Amish electricity." They evaluate technologies in relation to their effect on family, community: No to landlines, yes to state of the art gas grills.

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   https://www.wired.com/1999/01/amish/

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 08:10:29 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @hrheingold did the experience change how you approach technology?

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     Evan Prodromou (evan@cosocial.ca)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 09:46:34 JST Evan Prodromou

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     @hrheingold read and bookmarked! Ty.

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     Howard Rheingold (hrheingold@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 17-Nov-2023 09:46:35 JST Howard Rheingold

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     • Evan Prodromou

     @evan I wrote this not long before the Wired article:

     "What technophiles need to know."

     http://www.rheingold.com/texts/techcrit/technophiles.html