I know that the Amish aren't against technology, but they are against most advanced forms. When it comes to power tools, they also engineer specific requirements so that the electricity they use can't be used for anything else. And when it comes to computers, a lot of them contract out the work so they don't have to be exposed to them.
When it comes to making decisions, I am pretty sure no one in modern society makes any choices when it comes to the net benefits, only the short-term gains. That's regardless of how much technical training they have. And the net benefits are mainly about the use, not how the thing works, so people could really indeed make such decisions if there were a governing body to do so.
When it comes to making decisions, I am pretty sure no one in modern society makes any choices when it comes to the net benefits, only the short-term gains. That's regardless of how much technical training they have. And the net benefits are mainly about the use, not how the thing works, so people could really indeed make such decisions if there were a governing body to do so.