"We have entered a "push button" era in history where with few exceptions, everything deemed necessary is being done with the smartphone."
I'm constantly amazed and disappointed at these sorts of comments about younger people. I can only guess that it's because the folks making these comments don't actually have much contact with people in their teens, 20s and 30s, or are making entirely superficial judgements about the younger generation, based upon what they read or casual observation in McDonalds 
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I daily deal with highly motivated professionals and students in the younger age groups. In my experience, these sorts of clueless and demeaning remarks are thoroughly unfair and, most importantly, totally wrong. The interest amongst young people in nature, outdoors activities, the environment, the well being of others, crafts, literature, the arts, etc. is much greater than the generation I grew up with in the 1950s and 1960s. Just because children don't build Revell or Monogram plastic model aircraft models or make doilies doesn't mean they have no interest in creativity or the creation of "stuff." How many young people today are writing apps, using 3D printing, learning to be plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, etc.? A whole lot. Get off their case, curmudgeons!
And get off my grass!
