Thinking as Doing

There is a big difference between knowing and being able to do something. I think I often fall into the category of people of learn/read about a lot of things but can't do anything well. When life hits us it is harder to problem solve because we don't have the experience at doing anything enough that we can problem solve on the spot. That takes practice and action. Someone like Crawford or his mechanic friends weren't able to learn how to fix a motorcycle by reading the manuel and following the rules. They had to have experience with weather, different conditions, and differently aged bikes to know how to fix an individual problem.This is something that makes the human brain unique. It is able to break the rules and learn/memorize amazing amounts of things from experience.The new "social technology" idea is actually a scary one. It seems to threaten the use of the brain and what it means to be human. When problems are fixed through artificle intelligence the meaning behind things is lost and the action is thoughtless. A computer might be able to fix something quickly, but what does that mean for humanity? Are we to be inferior to the technology we created? Are we trying to play God?