America mocked the Amish and other groups over technology. Maybe they were right

The irony was hard to miss last week. The same day that a documentary (with more than 35 million views as of Sept. 2) portrayed Hasidic restrictions on smartphones and the internet as evidence of a backward, insular world, Meta agreed to a proposed settlement worth up to $17 billion with a coalition of states over allegations that Facebook and Instagram harmed children through addictive design. Meta denies wrongdoing.

As a kid, I spent enormous amounts of time outdoors, growing up near the...