Well, don't try to talk things neat. I know many examples around me, reaching from young to my age (29) who just live. Barely a hobby, obligation and most of all the lack of responsibility an credibility (which bugs me most).
So today it's all about hanging around with others (what I did/do as well), doing party (what I did/do as well) and then complain about the lack of spare time which they could spend to do something productive (what I don't/didn't) e.g. contribute to some sort of community.
Well, okay, in some way they contribute to a community... FaceBook, StudiVZ, ${NameThem} but is that productive? Not in my eyes...

Don't get me wrong, my oppinion is based on MY observations, but I guess if you average over all the kids/adolescents, you might end up with a similar conclusion.

Yeah, well, but if we have a lack of knowledge, but know what all my friends did RIGHT NOW (thanks to twitter, SMS ${NameIt}) what knowledge can I contribute? To gain knowledge in something you have to be interested in something (in most cases), and if there is a lack of interest there is a lack of knowledge.

Take many questions in this forum. This one was the last which came across:
"Can you guide me step by step to replace a file on the CMD?"

I guess you read enough similar.

Everyone started... but some just are not willing to learn and put some brain into it. Thy just want it. NOW and as easy to digest as possible.

And just one more story I experience yesterday:
A girl was scratching a barely noticeable pimple on her arm. I looked seriously at here and said: Oh my good, this looks like Leprosy (Lebra, Hansen's disease). She looked at me and asked "Whats that?" And I thought this would be a very plain joke... apparently not... All I could answer: "Look it up on Wikipedia". I should mention that this girl was 22 years old and is studying at a university. (This in particular made my response so extensive)

Cheers
Bjoern