/eutechnia/ (noun)

The Amish are not a people known for their love of the newfangled. They are deeply wed to their traditions, keeping to themselves, keeping the old ways alive, and shunning any sort of Engliſche imposition on their material culture. But there is one technological innovation which even the most stringently conservative have accepted: Via Wikipedia The washing machine may be the most revolutionary invention in human history. (At the very least, it is the most revolutionary in women’s history, and 50% ain’t bad.) We do not often think particularly much of it today; when we do, it is usually because it is making too much noise, broken, or otherwise inconveniencing us. And yet! Think of all the hours saved — the gruelling days of hauling heaving buckets of water, scrubbing down with fat, keeping watch over boiling tubs… To quote the statistician Hans Rosling, on his mother’s first time using the machine: My mother explained the magic with this washing machine the very, very first day. She…