[FrankR]

So, if the electric grid ever goes down in America, the younger generation won’t be able to:

Find any location;
Do math without a calculator;
Read or write anything in cursive;
tell time on an analog clock.

I feel like a genius, I can do all those things, without electricity.

[OldMissileer]

Do math without a calculator;

I still have my slide rule and know how to use it. My Dad taught me how to read maps and charts when I was quite young and I would rather use a paper map than a GPS.

I still have a full set of Jeppesen aviation charts.

[MrEdd]

But you sound like the people of my great grandfather’s era, smugly pronouncing how prepared they were should there suddenly be no gasoline for automobiles.

I’m afraid many of the younger generation will simply wheel the increasingly present back up generator out of the garage and fire it up.

If you don’t live someplace where the power goes out for extended periods then maybe you are unaware of how common they have become. In areas frequently hit by tornadoes, hurricanes, wildfires, or blizzards they have become a middle class standard accoutrement.