In answer to the initial question, of course we are raising a generation of nincompoops, and of jacks-of-all-trades, of genius-level folk, of mostly ordinary folks, etcetera. Pretty much the standard mix, I reckon.

Are they more distant from the skill set of the ordinary citizen of the past? Of course! Is it a potential awful thing? Of course! Was our generation in the same relative boat? You betcha!

Is this such a bad thing that we should be worried and up in arms? Not being a fortune-teller, I do not know. Glad I am not in charge.

I think those who value a certain skill set should do what they can to preserve it and pass it on. I think we must trust that somehow that will be enough.

My greater concern is that young people get a shot at critical and independent thinking. You know, the kind everyone says is a good idea but then does not teach because it immediately equips kids with the ability to question authority, mention the emperor has no clothes, stuff like that.