Amish opening up to “community phones”

This is an interesting story. I am still thinking about it, because I think its message reaches beyond the Amish and offers a metaphor for how all communities can manage the influence of technology in their lives.

“Off the side of a dirt road in southern Maryland stands an odd answer to the swiftly changing telecommunications industry. …a telephone.

Called ‘community phones,’ they are the latest example of how the groups in Maryland and elsewhere have been cutting deals with technology for the past century. ”

Read more at archive.org’s copy of the Mail Tribune story