There is definitely a lack of inquisitiveness in a lot of the young, to what there was in the past, those who have grown up with the technology all around them seem , (mostly), uninterested in how things work and just want to use not understand,
It's a very shallow attitude that does have me worried when the older generation who still see the wonder in all today's technology those of us that understand a little of it, are no longer here.
One example that comes to mind of the former situation, occurred back in the 1980's when we were starting to install PC's in a work environment - all the younger staff were as you would expect interested in the hardware and software and use of the technology,
... and then there was George ... a member of Middle management, in his early sixties, he immediately saw a chance to actually use the technology to improve the way he worked, so off he went and bought himself a PC for use at home, (not an inconsiderable investment), and within a few months had taught himself to "program" Lotus 123, and was producing spreadsheets that automated his work, and saved him a lot of time (to do more work, not contemplate his navel). When we moved on to Excel he was the first at my door asking for a copy so he could update his Spreadsheets.
I do not see many Georges around today, certainly not enough
(I think), I actually first dabbled with computers in the early 70's (still in High school), then continued from there, through building my own ZX80 at home and then in business things such as Sinclair QL, Early PCs including a BBC Micro ( one with a add on 5¼" dual Floppy system Including an additional Z80 CPU). I moved onto Early 8086 systems using DOS, At this time I was not actually employed as a computer tech but just did what I could and eventually my job role changed so that I ran the IT side for the company. 
