@darius (the link that was here was ~ https://maya.land/responses/2021/09/23/kids-missing-fundamental-file-directory-skills.html for anyone wondering)

The piece mushes up "using directories" with "using directories at the terminal" which are wildly not the same, and IMO not fair to say are equally "fundamental". I would bet $$$ that gen z is equally adept at GUI folder interfaces as, say, gen X.