John Protzko, Jonathan W. Schooler
2019 · Science Advances
We view kids these days unfavorably, especially on traits at which we excel, partly because we have a biased view of the past.
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Point 1: Negative "kids these days" sentiments are as old as humanity, and so far they are universally incorrect[1]. Point 2: This is a link to a reddit post with zero citations. It is anecdote, not data. [1] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aav5916
You know how to solder so you get all judgy about people, who I note are coming to you to learn how to do it, when they can't immediately solder well. But then you don't worry at all about not knowing basic blacksmithing, to as you would say "perform basic repairs". That's because knowing how to solder is about as relevant as blacksmithing. It's a neat trick. It's handy if you do know it. It has absolutely no real relevance, or even substantial economic utility, to the vast majority of people in modern society. And you've apparently got a wholly unearned superiority complex about "the youth of today". How original.[1] [1] https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aav5916
From this article[0] it seems the claims about attention span come from an unreliable source. Given ‘kids these days’ have been cited as being disrespectful to their elders for thousands of years[1], I wouldn’t be surprised if the attention span is actually different between today’s Zoomers and a teenage boomer/millennial/X. 0: https://www.bbc.com/news/health-38896790 1: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aav5916
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