Image found at http://www.welcome-to-lancaster-county.com/amish-buggy.html.
I was driving out to visit my parents' last week and passed a horse and buggy on Highway 1. I was around the Cambridge City/Connersville area where there is a large Amish population. Now I'm thinking back to our conversation last week about whether new technologies replace or enhance old technologies. I thought the picture I added is very appropriate and really sums up this topic. Old technologies are never completely replaced. They are just forced to "share the road" with the new technologies. Of course most likely there will be a lot more usage of the new technology than the old technology. For every one buggy I see, I will probably pass several hundred or more cars. But it seems there is always someone out there who still values the 'old ways' and makes use of them, even if only for nostalgic purposes. If there is something that has been completely replaced, it is probably because the original way was very dangerous or unpleasant, but I can't think of anything at the moment that would fit this category.
