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Some of the earliest Roman historians (like way, way back in the early Republic, before they even did any conquering) used to bemoan the laziness and 'softness' of the current generation compared to the past. Thinking the previous generations were better is a human tradition older than any other aspect of civilization
Socrates complained that the invention of widespread writing would make people lazy and forgetful, because they'd just write everything down, rather than remembering it orally.