Lessons About Technology and the Amish from The Takeaway: Early Edition by feedback@thetakeaway.org (Public Radio International and WNYC Radio)

Tech writer and Wired magazine co-founder Kevin Kelly has a new book. It’s called “What Technology Wants” — and even more intriguing than the title are the ideas inside. One chapter in particular that’s been getting a lot of buzz is about Amish hackers. Yes, you read that right: The same Amish famed for their barns and bonnets, in fact, know a thing or two about technology. Kelly joins us to explain more about that, and some other surprising theories about how technology works, and what it wants.

Download the podcast here. See also: Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines, Social Systems, & the Economic World, Entertaining Your Indoor Cat: 50 Fun and Inventive Amusements for Your Cat, New Rules for the New Economy, Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation