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No.

Humans have limits, at least for the time being.
Musk actually explains this well when he talks about download and upload speeds. Humans can take a lot in very quickly and processing it isn't a huge deal (for a while at least). Our issue largely is "uploading" that information, or conveying it meaningfully and with a pace that can keep up with the "download" speeds.
There are other limits too, but we don't have to delve deep in to things.

At a certain point, you can't keep innovating cars to solve over-crowded traffic, for instance. Sure, automating a lot of the human element of driving by deploying software to make these quick decisions for us might be helpful temporarily, but we have to address all the space we're not using when it comes to travel before too much longer. Do you really think humans will draw the line at personal flying vehicles?...

So, there's cognitive limits to humans, that we can all agree upon. The issue everyone tends to notice but not be able to address is the trade off between convenience and security: should we really give up our ability to be mind-hacked (well... more effectively) in order to perform more efficient cognitive functions?
At a certain point, it will dawn on us that this is inevitable. It might not be until after our grand kids grow old and forget our warnings, but it'll come. The trick, frankly, is doing it correctly.

Ultimately, we cannot let Fear, Uncertainty or Doubt stop us from properly innovating and mending faults of the Human Condition.