Nicholas Carr author of “Is Google Making Us Stupid” makes the statement, “Just as there’s a tendency to glorify technological progress, there’s a counter-tendency to expect the worst of every new tool or machine” (6). Carr is pointing out that questioning if the over use of computers everyday is harmful to neurological wiring or performance of the brain is only natural and not the first time that new improved methods have been questioned in history. Carr supports his claim that most new technological benefits have been questioned throughout history by pointing out how in Plato’s Phaedrus it was feared that when people started writing down information they would become forgetful and anyone could intake lots of information, but would not really know the meanings of any of it. Furthermore, Carr informs his readers of when the printing press made its débuted, many worried that readily made available books would lead to “intellectual laziness.” All in all Carr is pointing out that this isn’t the first and won’t be the last time many people question the actual helpfulness of advancing technology.