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Will superintelligence emerge on the Web? (kurzweilai.net)
2 points by nickb on Feb 5, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



"What could be a better mark of irreversible acceptance [of the Internet] than adoption by the Amish? I was visiting some Amish farmers recently. They fit the archetype perfectly: straw hats, scraggly beards, wives with bonnets, no electricity, no phones or TVs, horse and buggy outside. They have an undeserved reputation for resisting all technology, when actually they are just very late adopters. Still, I was amazed to hear them mention their Web sites."

I certainly hadn't considered the Amish as late adopters.




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