We'll never really know, of course, but it'd be interesting to see how our current crop of geezers would turn out if they grew up under the same conditions as the GenXers and GenYers did. I know that many of my age group fell prey to their appetite for booze, drugs, tobacco, and sex, as well as not being able to put down their forks. My parents' generation felt the same dismay for mine that we feel for the ones coming up now, yet somehow enough made it through to keep the world spinning. I imagine that when the sifting process is over, this bunch will turn out okay as well, in about the same proportion as ours did anyway.
The current "look at me" phase will likely be replaced with a reactionary turn the other way towards extreme privacy and living simply, but well. For those who are shooters, that might just include some nice, well-made firearms, new or old, as their tastes mature.
