Comments on: Amish Hackers and Homeowners http://savageminds.org/2009/02/15/amish-hackers-and-homeowners/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Fred http://savageminds.org/2009/02/15/amish-hackers-and-homeowners/comment-page-1/#comment-573856 Fred Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:51:15 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1607#comment-573856 Just reading the excerpt from Kevin Kelly raises the issue of who in the community orginates the idea of restricting technology, and just who is enforcing it. As an outsider to the Amish, my first supposition would be a top-down hierarchy. But I am sure this idea is wrong. Kelly raises a point of self-governence in the face of something very tempting (i.e. autos). In the current recession, I'd have to ask how governence of loans can be implemented without always seeking top-down rules. Rules can be easily avoided (even leagally), or simply weakened (as we ahve seen). Just reading the excerpt from Kevin Kelly raises the issue of who in the community orginates the idea of restricting technology, and just who is enforcing it. As an outsider to the Amish, my first supposition would be a top-down hierarchy. But I am sure this idea is wrong. Kelly raises a point of self-governence in the face of something very tempting (i.e. autos). In the current recession, I’d have to ask how governence of loans can be implemented without always seeking top-down rules. Rules can be easily avoided (even leagally), or simply weakened (as we ahve seen).

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]]> By: One way of avoiding subprime crisis — not being able to sell the loan! « Entertaining Research http://savageminds.org/2009/02/15/amish-hackers-and-homeowners/comment-page-1/#comment-573674 One way of avoiding subprime crisis — not being able to sell the loan! « Entertaining Research Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:44:45 +0000 http://savageminds.org/?p=1607#comment-573674 [...] way of avoiding subprime crisis — not being able to sell the loan! By Guru Kerim at Savage Minds: And a while back NPR had a story about how one of the few banks doing well in the downturn is one [...] [...] way of avoiding subprime crisis — not being able to sell the loan! By Guru Kerim at Savage Minds: And a while back NPR had a story about how one of the few banks doing well in the downturn is one [...]

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