So what’s the future look like

The audio world is in a strange state these days.  You have lots of young folks who listen to lossy formats on wretched equipment and then on the other hand you have a significant interest in vinyl among others.  Good lord, even reel to reel is at the advent of a renaissance.  Weird times!  I'm really not sure what audio enthusiasts can do to shepherd them along.  My own son and daughter, have no  personal interest in the listening even though they know how into all of this I am.  

Perhaps one significant impediment in getting young folks on board is bringing the audio enthusiast world to their attention as they are so preoccupied with their social media concerns and Netflix binging.

Please know I realize I am painting with a very broad brush here and there are many young people who get it.  How do we reel in the others?🎣

The younger generations are listening to Rap and EDM. Not Kind Of Blue or Pink Floyd! And cr*ppy cheap music systems will playback such cr*p just fine for the uninformed and uneducated! Guitar-based rock has been dying for decades.The only bastion left for it exists among the Heavy Metal crowd. And Jazz and Classical have become moribund museum genres by too much emphasis and reverence for the past.

So go after the beat box and synth crowds. Show them how good Rap and EDM can sound via high quality playback! And it can! Price is then the problem. Younger people are not going to be spending the price of a car on audio components! So present day megabuck gear is liable to slowly fade away as its graying customer base dies off.

Why should its greying customer base die off?
If we bring along the newer generation ( which is what I see part of the point of this thread) and help educate them on life past their in ear phones then hopefully they will BE the next greying customer base. 

Yeah, my kids do the same exact thing. It's all about convenience to them despite my encouragment to listen to higher quality playback. They don't care, it's wallpaper to them. Maybe it will change. My generation is a dying breed. We actually care about and listen to great music and how that music is enjoyed sonically.