Want to live like people did in the 1600s?

Like very, very religious people did in the 1600s.

Then to listen to this podcast, I'm gonna guess absolutely not.

I doubt this is the only modern convenience you enjoy.

For a simple life of farming and praying and well,

mostly farming and praying, would you be willing to give up smartphones, laptops, espresso,

all restaurants, all movies and TV shows, modern music, any sense of fashion,

most modern conveniences like microwaves, central AC and heated car seats,

and cars, and all other modern modes of transportation, and so much more.

Damn you're everything. Even if you're critical of some modern technology,

of say social media, it's likely you can't imagine life completely without it.

Many of us, like this guy, owe our careers and livelihoods to technology,

but not the Amish. Who are they? What are they practice?

Why in God's name do they dress like they lost a bet?

Like they're headed to a funeral a couple centuries ago?

Why does it look like their hair was cut by a bunch of moths?

While many of us think we might know a thing or two about the Amish,

they've been a peculiar object of media fascination in the US for several decades.

What do you really know about them?

Did you know that the Amish traced their cultural heritage back to Europe?

Switzerland in particular, hundreds of years ago,

and that they still live like people did in Switzerland hundreds of years ago.

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