Could be a doing a whole lot better. Do you think there's an abundance of critical thinking in society? Because math skills aid in that.

When I look at the state of software engineering, "fine" is not the word that comes to mind https://xkcd.com/2030/.

If we're going to be the last generation that understands code at this level, we need leave it in a much better state before we die.

Not really, no. It's embarrassing how many people lack the ability to do basic arithmetic.