Humans have an incredible capacity to adapt and evolve, that´s part of the secret for us to avoid getting extinct.

Technology has brought some mental problems to people, so I think the book was not very far away from the true. The reality is that we are a specie too weak and need to increase our changes of surviving (living more year too), which means that technology will gain even more importance in our lives, not only helping us but also making our life longer.