What is something that is growing because of young people?

Inspired by a post I saw on AskReddit (which has now been removed). What is something you believe is growing because of young people?

Maybe not directly related to young age, but incompetence in problem solving is growing. This could be COVID era fallout.

My kid is a teacher and the newer generation of kids can’t do anything by themselves without explicit direction. They dont know how to help themselves. They have no life learned skill or curiosity, as they possible just were fed screen time as a babysitter.

This sounds a lot like gripes that older generations have always had about younger generations.

It does till you experience it, and think wtf. Like a sudden dropoff. So maybe all the phone bans across countries is a good thing.

I had a degreed engineer ask me to help them tally the count of screen objects because they kept losing track. There were just over 10 items. I told them they needed to discuss the issue with their manager because clearly that’s a problem.

A solution if you lose track while counting could be hand tally on paper, colour code the objects as you tally, use the system and select them all and read the selection count. But to call tech support for manual counting help is crazy.

I had a degreed engineer ask me to help them tally the count of screen objects because they kept losing track. There were just over 10 items. I told them they needed to discuss the issue with their manager because clearly that’s a problem.

Dude, that’s not someone who didn’t learn to count, that’s someone experiencing a cognitive issue or who has a learning disability. Don’t be a dick. Just count the things. Please use your intact senses and faculties to help others when you have the opportunity.

I have a son with Down Syndrome so I know about learning disabilities. It wasn’t just that situation it was their whole approach to the job. As a hired engineer they get standardized training and then are expected to work on projects. This person (and many new recruits) would find that it was easier to call tech support, and then they’d ask us to complete the project and then and send the a file back. Thus me saying dude please talk with your manager.

They get standardized training which does not accommodate their special needs and doesn’t train them for what to do when they have special needs that are not being reasonably addressed by their workplace.