Are Our Tires REALLY that sensitive?

All good points and discussions....thanks! It just seems to me that we make it overly difficult to have a good time on our really expensive toys. I just can't imagine that tires are as fragile as we make them out to be. People travel literally millions if not billions of miles on them every year. I definitely know what damage they can cause when they fail... I'm into two tire failures for a little over $6K right now. Fortunately I have insurance that is helping pay the repair bills, but I just don't want to believe that the most important component of highway safety...tires...is so sensitive that I need to treat them like glass. I don't want to ride on pins and needles, wondering if yet another blowout will happen. If that's the case, then I'm going back to hotel rooms. Most of your answers confirm that our tires really aren't that sensitive, but definitely should be part of the overall safety checks every day before driving.

Keep the opinions up... I'm learning lots here!