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I have read that the Amish make explicit decisions about whether to accept a certain technology into their communities. A specific example was about technology
by yboris 7y ago
I have read that the Amish make explicit decisions about whether to accept a certain technology into their communities.
A specific example was about technology that saved many hours of simple/light mechanical work for women: as a result, it eliminated the communal practice for women to be together in a large room talking while doing it. The technology was tried but then removed, as the result was less communal engagement.
To oversimplify: we default to using whatever comes up (Facebook, etc), whereas their approach is to evaluate the new thing as a community and decide.
- pandesmos 7y agoThat is really interesting and echoes some of what Camille Paglia has to say about washing in Italian immigrant communities. Do you have the source handy? I’d love to check it out.
- yboris 7y agoIt was The Pursuit of Unhappiness: The Elusive Psychology of Well-Being by Daniel M. Haybron https://books.google.com/books?id=jAEBzgqniMAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=philosophy+of+unhappiness&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbpZLvudHnAhVRvFkKHXETDlAQ6AEwAHoECAgQAg#v=onepage&q=amish&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=jAEBzgqniMAC&printsec=fron... I read numerous books on topic of Positive Psychology ... a really good academic one, tying together the field into a unifying framework is: The Good Life: Unifying the Philosophy and Psychology of Well-Being by Michael A. Bishop
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoIntentional choices about aspects of society are an interesting thing to consider. But who is making those choices? I doubt women's views were predominant. My grandparents told me of their life on a farm without electricity and the drudgery of life that was vastly reduced with a dish washing and washing machine for clothes.