Strange, But True.

[NightskyeB4Dawn]

My problem is...I can't see where that path leads.

I used to think I could, but now I can't.  I used to have a pretty good sense of what the future would hold, but now that vision is just nothing-ness, like some kind of a black hole. 

I don't know, maybe that's where it leads, but I hope not.  Not because I'm worried about me, I'm old, but there's a whole lot of younger people out there who don't seem to even be thinking about it at all let alone giving a hoot about it.  The handwriting is on the wall, but I guess they're not seein' it.

Like you said,

To this end, it makes me wonder what the future holds.  As it stands right now, it takes a concerted amount of effort to establish the neutral facts of about every situation, and this effort is (as we see) more than the vast majority of people are willing to expend.  Consequently, people / society is just 'content' (I say "apathetic") to accept what the talking heads say on whatever social media outlet they monitor as the truth.  So, the "game" becomes one of who can get the most talking heads in front of people.  But, as a society, I think we're pretty close to what I term the 'saturation point', the point where people just can't 'absorb' any more (true or otherwise).  Kind of like a sponge can only absorb so much water.

Too many young people today cannot think past the moment. As you said they accept what is told to them by the influencer du jour.

They are the product of a society that has taught them that hard work, time, patience, and to stride for excellence is antiquated. They believe that personal satisfaction takes precedence, and joy only comes from pleasing self, over the happiness of others. That quality may be sacrificed for speed, and immediate personal gratification is desired over excellence with aging and time.

We only know what we have been taught. You can't expect them to know, to miss, or to accurately measure something they have never seen.

You may not know the details of what is on the path, but you know enough to know that without changes, we run into a dead end.