Lessons about what technology and the Amish
Tech writer and Wired magazine co-founder Kevin Kelly has a new book. It’s called ?What Technology Wants? ? and even more intriguing than the title are the ideas inside. One chapter in particular that’s been getting a lot of buzz is about Amish hackers. Yes, you read that right: The same Amish famed for their barns and bonnets, in fact, know a thing or two about technology.
Kelly joins us to explain more about that, and some other surprising theories about how technology works, and what it wants.
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