> A disdain for tools which have not yet been refined by a long history of use. An uncharitable person might call that disdain parasitic, inasmuch as technolog

> A disdain for tools which have not yet been refined by a long history of use. An uncharitable person might call that disdain parasitic, inasmuch as technological advances in the last couple of centuries have proceeded to a large extent through consumerism. The Amish feel free to use the resulting innovations, but because they themselves refuse to be a consumerist society they do not contribute to the process that sustains and brings forth those innovations.