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All knowledge, even "basic" knowledge, is learned. No one was born with the ability to write cursive or operate a manual transmission. Manual transmission drivers can even spot a newbie on the road when they pop the clutch and stall out. We all learned these skills.
The real issue in modern society is that we aren't effectively teaching the newer generations these skills, whichever ones our society considers basic. Thats a problem far more complex than this post can really cover.
But I don't think it's too much to ask students to have way less screen time (no phones in school and less reliance on laptops/tablets for assignments and lessons.) I'd also go so far as to suggest schools do away with sports if they are unable to meet their academic mandates (school is for teaching academics, sports are a "pass-time" because they were activities we did with the free time we had. If you aren't accomplishing the goals of your institution your institution doesn't deserve the reward.)
I think part of it is that the concept of teaching yourself things or learning on your own seems to be vanishing.
Totally!!
My take: the inability for a human to be bored today has killed the love of learning. Bored? Open the Tok and scroll. In ye olden far before times (even before Ye Family Computer of Yore) you were bored as a kid and used your brain to find activities.
When I was a kid and even now, when I'm bored I look around me and do a project or fix something or learn how to do something ive been wanting. I just want to learn all the time. I feel thats really rare now.
I'd agree on zero screens in school,or at minimum, Linux only laptops. Zero tablet bullshit.