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Re:Amish Hackers (2009) by mod on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @07:50AM (#29905632)
And in another way, the Amish are the guinea pig of their lifestyle. Maybe it will play out that strong, small, local communities have a huge long-term advantage in some important metric.

I think it's very good that we have so many diverse cultures and lifestyles. There are many routes to happiness.

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Re:Amish Hackers (2009) by ridewinter on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:51AM (#29907030)
Agreed, perhaps there's a lot we can learn from their experiment. For example, by not using artificial lighting do they have a habit of "two sleeps" like our ancestors did? https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20220107-the-lost-medieva...
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Re:Amish Hackers (2009) by Enginerrrd on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @09:23AM (#29906629)
They do have much better healthcare outcomes.
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