“With each new innovation, cultural prophets argued about whether we were facing a technological apocalypse or a utopia” (Thompson 9). This quote states that with every significant advancement in the field of technology, people wonder whether it will have a positive or negative effect on humanity. The technology allows for external memory sources, database connections, and allows for easy communication between people. Thompson then directly counters Carr's hypothesis and states that “[c]ertainly, if we are intellectually lazy or prone to cheating and cutting corners, or if we simply don't pay much attention to how our tools affect the way we work, then yes - we become…overly dependent” (Thompson 18). According to him, "[s]o yes, when we augment ourselves, we can be smarter... But our digital tools can also make us smarter even when we aren't actively using them" (Thompson