The Amish (a quaint static ripple whose way of life will never uncover the simplest new technological fix for the unfolding hazards of a dynamic universe) have long recognized that material culture embodies weird inspirations, challenging us, as eventual consumers, not with ‘copy what I do’, but a far, far more subversive ‘try me.’
—Timothy Taylor, “Culture,” response to Edge.org’s 2009 Annual Question, “What will change everything?
Jan 6, 2009, updated Apr 8, 2025