SECOND TERM - JOURNAL ENTRY 1

                                                    
                                        "THE USERS” OF TECHNOLOGY

    Technology has been such an indispensible part of our life that probably one cannot think a life without it. People benefit from technology for almost everything in every field of their life. However , the way one uses technology varies from person to person.So we can categorize people according to how they use technology : techno-freaks , technology-users , technology-ignorant.

    Techno-freaks are the people who know everything about technology and technological devices. They absolutely have an answer whatever you ask about technology and they can talk about it for hours without getting bored.You can always recognize these people as their appearances reveal their characteristics.For example they usually wear round wire-rimmed glasses and their hairs are unkempt. So when you see one of them in your daily life you can describe him as "crazy" . Techno-freaks do not have many friends as their best and most loyal friends are computers. They rarely communicate with other people and when they do it the only thing they talk about is again technology.

     The second group is technology-users , who benefit from technology only when they need. They think that technology makes their life easier and one can use it whenever he needs.Yet , these people do not allow the technology to capture them. In other words they are not the one who are shackled by technology but  the one who dominate technology. They also esteem very highly their relationships with other people and their social life. For this reason technology cannot make them asocial people. These characteristics make them concious users of technology and they do not face any problems with technological improvements.

      The last group , technology-ignorant are the one who know little about technology but try to use it in every field of their life. They alwas need help to make use of technology as using technology is the hardiest thing in their life. This results from their own ignorant as they do not make any effort to understand how the techology works. So they always fall behind with technological improvements.They actually make life harder instead of making it easier by closing their eyes to new improvements in technology.

       To sum up , Neither should we put the technology in the centre our lives nor turn our behind it as it is a necesity in our modern world. Also we should realize the pros and cons of technology and we should not only stay away from its bad sides but also make good use of its facilities.

                                                                       

                                                                                                                                                                                                   Hale Albayrak