Question: How can I join the Amish community and become an Amish person?Answer: Anyone can live in an Amish community by simply moving to where the Amish live in a specific area. If a person wants to join the Amish church, the person must move to an Amish community, live there for a length of time (which could be years), accepting the Amish and the Amish accepting you (it is really a mutual issue), being willing to live within the rules of the Church (Ordnung). To become a member of the Amish church requires a genuine religious commitment which is much more than just moving to an Amish community and living the Plain lifestyle of not using electricity, cars, telephones, etc.
Get back to me whenever you call to get your power switched off. Oh, wait....
That aside, why can't the Singularity be partitioned off for a while? Just to see if everything is working and it doesn't decide to turn the Earth into computronium or worse? Why this all or nothing scenerio?