ContagiousInspiration
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 Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 3:25 pm Post subject: CSB about The Amish.. How they make pragmatic decisions regarding technology/entertainment etc |
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Looks like a great book linked in the story also
| Quote: | I would urge people to to read this amazing science fiction short story by EM Forster called “The Machine Stops.” It was written in 1908.
In the story, basically everyone is online 24 hours a day, and everyone lives underground in their own little caves. Nobody interacts physically with anyone anymore. It’s the story of one young man who wants to break out of this. |
https://qz.com/1275194/the-amish-understand-a-life-changing-truth-about-technology-the-rest-of-us-dont
The Amish understand a life-changing truth about technology the rest of us don’t
| Quote: | | At the beginning of the age of the automobile, nobody said, All right: 30,000 people a year are going to die. Is that a decision we want to make? What did happen is a very intense discussion about whether a car should be allowed on the road and who should be at fault when a car drives over a four-year-old in the street. |
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