Head's in the clouds

‘Head in the cloud’ (Psychology Today, May/Jun), written by Carlin Flora, reports that some professionals can make quick decisions while in life and death situations. For example, an air traffic controller at Memphis International Airport can monitor all the airplanes in his jurisdiction. All the airplanes of different route, altitude and speed, and he can have a glance through a radar scope and see any dangerous behind their location.
Another example is a fire chief, he can automatically search his memory under time pressure for a similar pattern of smoke and heat in a burning building. The ability at work enhance those people to evaluate and judge the emergency moment and prevent the worst in advance.

I think the topic is interesting that our complicate and efficient brain collects all the experiences in the past and creats a "shortcut instinct" to protect our life. The report anayses how the intuition developes and influences our daily life can be seen in http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20070424-000001.xml.

However, in the modernized and convenient environment, most people have lost their "instint gut". The reasons are either there are too many distractions that we don't concentrate in the right thing, or we are too worry to make a decision. However, it seems that a lack of drills and knowledge make most of people scare of any danger and become panic while face a problem. Therefore, to live in a easy and relax modern life might not be a good thing! Do you think so?