I suppose you are referring to a much-cited quote attributed to Socrates about the behavior of contemporary youths. Although people back in the day of Socrates most surely were complaining about how their kids were turning up, this quote has been shown to be falsely attributed to Socrates. In fact, Socrates himself was accused of corrupting the youth, having taught the very controversial figure of Alcibiades, and famously found himself in the crosshairs of Aristophanes in his comedy "The clouds" in which the son of the protagonist gives his father (the protagonist) a good wallop after being taught by Socrates how to reason in favor of such behavior.
Back to the topic, but also in continuation of what I wrote before, Our civilization, in my opinion, it is progressing technologically *only*. Societal progress is then driven by technology. If technology was to remain stagnant, so would society.