Three in ten are online 24/7? I guess those are the 30% that are ready for all the employers that require them to be available 24/7. My job has me carrying th

Three in ten are online 24/7? I guess those are the 30% that are ready for all the employers that require them to be available 24/7. My job has me carrying three cellphone. At any moment I need to be able to respond and, on occasion, spend a great many uninterrupted hours in front of a screen processing information. A 24/7 online lifestyle for teenagers might be good training for those future jobs. (What it means for their mental health is beside the point.) I once had a conversation with a fighter pilot about what a good pilot candidate looks like. He said it would be someone who could drift a car around a corner while having conversation about a legal problem, while adjusting the radio, and not missing a beat as he pauses that conversation to answer a cellphone, all the while keeping an eye out for cops. Such people will not be the type to sit quietly in history class, but they might be those people who sit at a screen all day bouncing between a dozen different tasks.