As a teacher in the medical teach at the moment we are giving a lot of lectures about this. Because we think that covid caused it, but this is just a build-up from what was already happening. We are with 4 generations on the working floor now for the first time ever, and these differences were always there.
We frown we looking at this behaviour but the previous generation also frowned towards us because of weird behaviour they didnt do back then.
For us to have this difference in social connection in this kind of short manner through screens seems super weird. But on the other hand...isnt that the future will screen be integrated even more.
I guess these guys will frown towards the next generation when they zone out because their brain implant is telling them something ;))
The future might be more screen integrated, but the abilities to create will still be needed to generate personal value to get paid. What people are doing now, is likely to heavily limit their options in the future, making them very, very disposable.