[Aviatore]

If OP's premise is true, I wonder how much that is changing now that parents are throwing electronics at their children. Many of the things that they get to interact with on an electronic aims to optimize rewards. Will this shape generations that are always in search of quick hits and less interested in the exploratory nature of things? How will something that seems to small as a parent reshape the children and society?

[GuB-42]

I don't think so. I suspect the "exploration" bias observed in that study is somewhat hardwired into the brain. Kids need to learn, adults need to be efficient.

The test was clearly designed as a way to optimize reward. And indeed, adults quickly went to the optimal solution. But kids kept exploring, even if further tests show that they knew the optimal solution.