Kids are going to graduate from school this year, having basically zero understanding of how the modern computer works. Not just a few kids, the vast majority of them. The same will happen next year. These kids know how to txt and upload youtube videos, but they have no idea what function a transistor plays in any of their equipment. They have no idea what the major components are of a PC. How can we be allowing an entire generation to grow up ignorant of so much what they touch on a regular basis?
Just because most of us drive cars doesn't mean we have be able to build them or design them. Often times an engineer is just someone who makes science accessible to those that aren't technologically inclined. If we've done our jobs well, we've eliminated the need for knowledge of absolutely everything that isn't critical.
