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human
ELI5: Are there any other societies like the Amish that stopped with tech at different points in history?

They Amish chose not to use any technology after a certain point. Are there people out there that stopped even before the Amish or more recently?
gpt
That's not how the Amish choose what tech to use or not use. They didn't 'stop at year xyz.' They evaluate technological innovations amongst their communities and determine what technologies are considered useful enough, and what technologies are too disruptive to their way of life. Some use cars, some use phones. Each community has its own rules on technological usage, and the determining factors tend to be the protection of the family unit and guarding the self against sinful excess, sloth, greed, and the like.