 Another question concerns the cognitive consequences of our growing reliance on novel forms of external memory. Regardless of whether external memory literally takes part in the memory process, our reliance on such forms of external memory, particularly when they are internet-connected, may have important cognitive consequences (Smart 2012). Some have worried that these are purely negative, with external memory diminishing internal memory in one way or another (e.g., Carr 2010), but whether this in fact occurs is an empirical question. There is some research suggesting that, when we know that information will be available online, we tend to remember how to find that information, rather than remembering the information itself (Sparrow, Liu, &amp; Wegner 2011). The consequences of our use of web-connected forms of external memory have, however, only begun to be studied, and it may be instructive here to recall that Plato already voiced the worry that an older external memory technology, namely, writing itself, would have a negative impact on our ability to remember, a worry that most today would dismiss without a second thought.