There was a feature some time back in a woodworking magazine about an Amish cabinetmaker's shop. The shop had all the modern power tools. But all of them were run using hydraulic lines, fed by a central diesel engine, instead of electricity. The Amish have made some interesting compromises and drawn off-limit lines around modernity.

Like they can't have a telephone in the house, but many are allowed one at the end of a long driveway. And they are allowed to use their non-Amish neighbor's phone.

Also, while Amish teenagers are typically staid, and about as square as they come, they are allowed to cut loose before deciding to stay in the Amish community as adults. During this time of experimentation they can be some of the most off-the-hook partiers around. After seventeen years of repression some of them make up for lost time in a very big way.