[afraidfortherepublic]

People can get by without laptops but not without buttons, introduced in the 1330s, which transformed the way people looked, from loose hanging garments to tight-fitting ones.

Tell the Amish about that. They get along just fine without buttons.

[Windflier]

the Amish . They get along just fine without buttons.

Er....I'm pretty sure the Amish have taken full advantage of that bit of 'high tech'.