In response to someone whining about "kids today" on another site, I dug out this quote again:

"Our Earth is degenerate in these later days; there are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; every man wants to write a book and the end of the world is evidently approaching.”

It's from an Assyrian clay tablet. circa 2800 B.C.E.

Humans don't change, only technology does.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ten-notable-apocalypses-that-obviously-didnt-happen-9126331/

Ten Notable Apocalypses That (Obviously) Didn’t Happen

Apocalyptic predictions are nothing new—they have been around for millennia

Smithsonian Magazine
@EricaFriedman Good line. Urban legend unfortunately, citable only to other legendists going back a hundred years https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/10/22/world-end/?amp=1
Quote Origin: Ancient Tablet: The World is Speedily Coming to an End. Everyone Wants to Write a Book – Quote Investigator®