I am a man who has written many worthy things, and I have faithfully copied that which has been given me. Yet sadly, my efforts have brought me down; my clarity of vision has undone me. I have lived in a generation, which scorns truth and cannot bear the stress of the search. It derides the simple things and seeks only after vain pleasures.

Perhaps you are trying to measure the generation through the lens THEY provide? Admittedly, many are stressed and distracted, and some have become hostile to truth which they don't understand how to process - buy...
There are many hopeful signs. Just keep looking for them, out of the limelight. Millions of people seeking to simplify, to find peace, to share love...