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I'd hesitate before taking any moral lessons from the Amish in regards to technology, other than that it's possible and worth it to choose your relationship wit
by vinceguidry 8y ago
I'd hesitate before taking any moral lessons from the Amish in regards to technology, other than that it's possible and worth it to choose your relationship with it rather than let it control you. But you don't need the Amish to work that out. I wouldn't say they're necessarily better off for what they're doing, and to say otherwise is just idealistic.
They have the same sorts of problems we have, and don't have the ability to tap into the global Internet for insights and solutions. Meanwhile global society continues to evolve as ideas spread ever faster.
There's beauty in that way of life, but much sadness too.
- petra 8y agoYou're judging their culture through your moral values. And "global society continues to evolve" is only true if you believe in "progress".
- vinceguidry 8y agoI was careful not to judge their way of life except to state that we shouldn't idealize it. You're the one turning my exhortation into a moral determination. If you want my moral determination, I would guess that the average Amish person has far superior morals to the average American. If I had to guess how many times the average American Christian has cracked open their Bible, well, let's just say it's not a pretty number. That said, I wouldn't trade my way of life for theirs, crappy unexamined American morality and all. The Internet just brings more to the table when you get right down to it.