Technology: Please Use Responsibly

In the book Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life, Albert Borgmann discusses many issues with advancement in technology. Borgmann broke the book up into 3 separate parts. In part two, Borgmann focuses on the character of technology. Chapter 15 is titled the rule of technology. Borgmann made a statement about the importance of taking responsibility when using technology. The idea of taking responsibility with technology should be applied in all aspects; such as people not to be responsible and take care of their pieces of technology, but also be responsible what they do with the technology.
Many of the latest gadgets and technology equipment has become more fragile and more compact. This has resulted with more broken or lost pieces of equipment. As soon as someone breaks or loses their cell phone, their world stops. People feel they are completely out of contact with the rest of the world even when they are only without a phone for a short period of time. People need to realize that cell phones and computers and other fancy gadgets are luxuries, with those luxuries they need to be responsible otherwise they will not be able to benefit from the advances in technology.
In grade schools, high schools and even colleges, there have been a number of incidents of young people not using technology properly. Facebook and Myspace are the biggest examples of people displaying too much information that ends with them facing serious consequences. There are many things that this covers, such as, young kids displaying facebook statuses stating where they are going and who they will be with, or having their phone number or address on their web page. I have also seen incidents where a young student writes something about a teacher or fellow student, yes it is a minor problem, however it still results in consequences at their school. Inappropriate pictures or videos can leak through the Internet and private things can become very public. Having a facebook or myspace is very useful when keeping in contact with family and friends, but people need to be careful with what they display because some people can get around the system and get information that certain people should not have.