"The New Digital Age" vs "You Are Not a Gadget"

In chapter one of "The New Digital Age" Jared Cohen and Eric Schmidt express their beliefs that as technology develops, it will make us more efficient in the business world. Also, as it progresses it will be able to operate on its own, which will provide us with more time to put into other things. On the other hand, in You Are Not a Gadget" , Jaron Lanier explains that as technology evolves, it will decrease the need for humans to work because technology will be capable of doing everything better. I believe that both of their theories are reasonable because the whole point in technology is efficiency and    eventually it will advance to the point of being able to operate on it's own. I personally believe that we depend on technology too much and it will eventually fire back on us. For example, in the past people were able to do everything on their own, but now people have troubles multiplying 12 by 4 without picking up a calculator. Technology already does everything for us now, so the only thing left is for it to become superior.