Remember when learning meant getting your hands dirty instead of just watching a screen? All this tech makes things faster, but it strips out the real talk and dumb luck that solved problems. Those random meetings at the supply store taught me fixes you won't find in any video. Building trust with a look across the stall can't happen through a text message. We're trading wisdom for convenience, and the trade feels poorer for it. Why are we so quick to give up the messy, human parts that actually made us good at this?