The Technium: Why Technology Can't Fulfill

The Technium: Why Technology Can’t Fulfill

As usual, a fantastic piece from Kevin Kelly on the role of technology in personal fulfillment. Amish are among the happiest people in the US, and yet:

The Amish are a little sensitive about this, but their self reliant lifestyle as it is currently practiced is heavily dependent on the greater technium that surrounds their enclaves. They do not mine the metal they build their mowers from. They do not drill or process the kerosene they use. They don’t manufacture the solar panels on their roofs.