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Lancaster Amish have avoided depression; 5-10 times less likely than general population (154)
“Cars, telephones, message machines, caller ID, and e-mail grant us the power to associate with whom we want, when we want, to the degree we want, under the terms we want, finessing and filtering out those we don’t want – and thin out the possibilities of social growth accordingly” (80).
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"We can affirm the unavoidable use of technical devices, and also deny them the right to dominate us, and so to warp, confuse, and lay waste our nature.”
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- “ . . . it must serve our needs, not the reverse, and we must determine these needs before considering the needs for technology. The willingness and the wisdom to do so may be the hardest ingredients to come by in this frenetic age. Perhaps what is needed most of all, then, are the conditions favorable to them: quiet around us, quiet born of sustained meditation and introspection. We must set aside time for it . . .” (232).