This conversation seems (in general) to be taking polar opposite approaches to this "lifestyle choice". If I draw a parallel between this conversation and mana

This conversation seems (in general) to be taking polar opposite approaches to this "lifestyle choice". If I draw a parallel between this conversation and managing an IT project, it appears most of you would be in favor of a "complete rewrite" as opposed to spotting the problem areas and focusing attention on those and fixing the existing code base. There's nothing inherently wrong with the way Amish people decide to live. Many on this thread seem to think that's not the case. Are there edge cases? Sure. But in general I think the basic premise that they wish to avoid too much technology in their lives is not necessarily flawed. It's simply a more extreme version of "don't bring your cell phone to the dinner table". Also I should mention that even though they represent a tiny fraction of the overall world population, there is a huge amount of diversity even among Amish communities. So the idea that someone can generalize about how "all amish" live their lives is patently false.