Yeah, that "line in the sand" thing is key. My old boss had a similar rule about not needing a meeting for anything that could be a two sentence email. It saved so much time just to act on the small stuff.

Yeah, it's everywhere. My car's tire pressure light comes on and my first thought isn't to check the tires, it's to google what the code means. Same with a weird noise from the fridge. We're trained to look for the error message, not the actual source. Just replace the part or call the expert. That basic step of looking with your own eyes and thinking it through is getting lost.

My buddy fell for a fake PayPal page that looked perfect except the URL said "paypa1-login.com". He lost like two hundred bucks before he froze his card. Now he won't even click a link without pasting it into a notepad app first.