Sorry but I just don't agree with you. Seeing kids doing nothing but blowing up pixels on their computers is a real tragedy. So many better things they could

Sorry but I just don't agree with you. Seeing kids doing nothing but blowing up pixels on their computers is a real tragedy. So many better things they could be doing, but because of the consumer culture you espouse, they just won't get there. And its not like the motivation to dig further is just going to happen with the kids intrinsically - after all, these new platforms don't ship with compilers onboard, nor tools necessary to start digging, even though they're more than capable of supporting such tools, architecturally.. People valuing experience rather than creation is one thing; not knowing the first thing about how to create new software, because the vendors discourage that participation in order to drag attention into a profitable endeavour - this is another thing entirely. I'm hopeful that the attitude will change, but as you have demonstrated, its going to be a long haul ..