> In some ways, doesn't this put the Amish squarely in the "hacker" demographic? I would say: "No." Hacking is about making objects (very often computers in

> In some ways, doesn't this put the Amish squarely in the "hacker" demographic? I would say: "No." Hacking is about making objects (very often computers in a general sense, but hacking is not restricted to it) do things that the creator did not intend them to do, and is often against the intention of the creator of the object. In this sense, a central component of what makes hacking what it is, is subverting things. Amish culture is, on the other hand, about obeying the rules of their culture. So, what the Amish do is self-sufficiency, but at most very rarely hacking.