I don't think it that complicated.
If you consider that the internet is basically a giant electronic brain that exists around the entire world then the argument becomes much more simple. Human beings interface with this "brain" via cell phones, PCs, and various other means, and eventually we will have the means to actually use the "brain" more like our own brains (at least that is the general way that the technology is moving).
I believe that all technology is a result of human evolution which makes sense. We are one of a few animals on the planet that can actually alter our environment to suite our needs rather then evolve to suite the environment. The internet is a product of this as well.