Amish Hackers

11 Feb

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Kevin Kelly: "One Amish-man told me that the problem with phones, pagers, and PDAs
(yes he knew about them) was that 'you got messages rather than
conversations.' That's about as an accurate summation of our times as
any." [emphasis added]
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2 Responses to “Amish Hackers”

  1. Orlando Fernandes February 12, 2009 at 1:32 am #

    So true, but an old phone I think still has the charm and is capable of making you want to converse…

  2. Lilia Shirman February 12, 2009 at 7:31 pm #

    What a great observation – leave it to a technophobe (in the “hate” not “fear” sense of the word) to make this very astute observation. It makes me think of how most marketing still fails in this same way. Despite so many opportunities to have those conversations with one’s customers, most of it is still so one-directions.

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