I think the convenience/laziness economy has an effect on younger people who have never lived as adults without it. They don't develop the same basic knowledge

I think the convenience/laziness economy has an effect on younger people who have never lived as adults without it. They don't develop the same basic knowledge of the inherent/ideal cost of groceries or the ability to measure the total cost over time of car ownership vs. perpetual taxi service. I have friends who call an Uber even though our company buys us monthly public transportation passes. In a city with a good system. Meanwhile I partition my everyday purchases among grocery stores, CVS, and Target based on a detailed knowledge of which product categories are inherently cheapest in each and which are currently or regularly go on sale at each and how aggressively. For someone with a six-figure salary I probably micro-manage it more than I need to. But I look at Instacart and Uber prices and just laugh.