December 30, 2017
Millennial Workers and the Pursuit of Human Knowledge
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At a conference a few years ago, I was leading what was supposed to have been a roundtable discussion on robots and 3D printing. But one comment early on derailed us quickly into much more existential matters.
“The kids coming into my shop don’t know anything,” someone said. “They want to use their phones for everything.”
The rest of the room—filled almost entirely with boomers and early Gen-Xers—nodded in agreement.
After a bit of prodding, the guy admitted that his millennial hires do know the basic stuff—they know their math and engineering, and certainly they understand the technology. Technically, they have everything the job requires. But, to this crowd, their lack of general knowledge and their dependence on phones for details made them stupid.
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