I still only academically understand where your concerns are coming from and what you might be surrounded by to have them, because my experience is generally the opposite and while I'm genuinely concerned for schoolkids (youngest and I have been having massive arguments about the education system because my vague and somewhat biased observations and what he wants to be true are at complete loggerheads, but at this stage that could be age as much as anything else), all the kids I'm surrounded by, while they may get a bit anxious when something unexpected comes up, will generally tackle novel problems as best they can.
sometimes the hard part is getting them to step back and let someone with more experience either take over if necessary or accept advice
I think where I see it having an impact already is in the workplace, where younger generations are struggling to do their jobs, as they are missing the skills to interact well in group dynamics. Unfortunately, collaboration and cooperation are required to solve large problems and it will often mean working with people very different than ourselves. This is at least one of the areas I see it, as well as their inability to stay committed past the short term.
Youngest is probably the one I'm most concerned about with that as he has the worst social skills (his lack of opportunity and ability to develop them further is of course entirely my fault and absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with him actively rejecting and refusing literally every single group activity I've tried to get him interested in). But all his autistic markers were on his social skills (he was one marker short of the whole diagnosis).
There'll be that and anxiety and stuff that contributes and then I don't know what everyone else's excuses are.