JK,
Not one to coddle, my dad shot my athletic dreams down early, first by pointing out that if my little league team went far enough in the state tournament, we would almost certainly run into some team that was better. When it turned to golf, we went to the Western Open one hear and he noted how much thicker the arms of Arnie, Jack, Tom, etc. were than my bony little arms. And, how big their hands were compared to my very average size hands. Basically, there is some limit to the positive "I think I can, I think I can" attitude. Positive attitude and non athletic bod, no go. But, BAD is a great example for kids who need to understand how much work it takes. All those Disney movies shoot straight to the happy ending, cheering crowds, etc., sort of downplaying all the behind the scenes work it takes to be successful.
As to what it means for golf, these protests against the top 1% of distance sort of miss the point. There are probably already enough 7600 yard courses out there that could be expanded to 8K, and have the infrastructure to hold tournaments. If not, someone will be glad to build them. The only losers are traditional clubs that still want to hold tourneys. I think the USGA and PGA Tour have long wanted to move away from the course rental mode anyway.
So, we build maybe a dozen courses and let the rest of them alone until someone gets really bored with 340 yard drives. The tour average is still 294, BTW (and median, which sometimes can be a bit different) at least in 2019. I haven't checked the limited data for this year. Or, amend the rules to tax the rich and make him wear ankle weights or something else to slow him down. Even if he drives it as far, maybe the two stroke penalties for slow play will even the field.