Postmodernism and the adaptability of today's youth culture

So my botany professor is a postmodern scientist. It's an interesting class. I think he is the only person I've ever met whom I would describe as a militant postmodernist.

What he brought up a lot at the beginning of class was the basic tenant of postmodernism that there is no truth (in contrast with answer-seeking modernism). He applies this voraciously to science in that there is no correct answer, we simply come up with the best narrative that seems to fit the observations.

So this is the thought I had, now that that introduction is over. How did this view of no answers, no truth, impact our generation's way of thinking? Postmodernism started a very long time ago and so that way of thinking, whether you like it or not, is embedded very deeply within our society. Modernism believed that we could find some sort of utopia, postmodernism gives up on that.

So what I'm thinking now is that perhaps this worldview is why my generation can adapt so insanely quickly to change, specifically technological change. New iPods! New computers! Of course we can figure out how to use them quickly, they're not the truth, not the ultimate, they're just a bit closer.

The unfortunate side effect seems to be a lack of drive. What do we care that something's wrong? It'll change in a few years anyway. Why put in the effort now when we'll have to redo it all later? Better to just adapt.

Interesting.