Engenuity and creative problem solving aren't dead, although I admit it has experienced some setbacks. I am only 32 years old and have lost track of whether that makes me generation X or Y, but I still pride myself on my engenuity. I am doing well for myself but still enjoy tinkering, fabricating parts for the family hot rod, or improving things around the house. Most of my generation is not interested in these things: working with your hands or doing manual labor. But there are still some of us who will pass the skills learned from of our fathers and grandfathers to our kids and grandkids.

Another perespective is that engenuity has just taken a different path. I can hang sheetrock, frame a house, and understand how a V-8 works but I could never program a computer or manage the kind of complicated electronics that many kids can now do in their sleep.