Thread:MinimusMaximus/@comment-25833538-20191221175533/@comment-31160997-20200213162237

It depends, there are many aspects of the world.

Political? We're doing the best than we have done in all of human history. Most states right now are liberal democracies, there are less wars than there have been anytime in human existance and the average person in 1st and 2nd world contries live better lives than nobles and kings used to in the middle ages.

Scientific? We have made many scientific advancements that made our life as a species better. We still have things such as Tesla's inventions being hijacked by Edison or the insane prices for medicine in the United States that shows scientific discovery don't always go hand to hand with economic affordability of the middle class, just because its discovered it doesn't mean we are going to use or beneift from it, but for the most things such as TV, PC, internet, cars, elevators, radio, alarm within cell-phone, this has happened and made our lives better.

Climate Change? Well, we are doing better here and by that I mean we pollute less than we were polluting in the 1800s and 1900s but just because it's better than it was back then it doesn't mean it's good now just sightly less, its still polluting a lot. But at the same time un-polluting energy is much more expensive and less efficient, most people wouldn't like to trade away their good lifestyle in exhange for less pollution, and 2rd & 3rd world developing countries need to best energy to develop.

Space Exploration? I think we're too far away from that. We may land on Mars but at the same time we have countries at war, oppressive countries like North Korea, people how are dying of hunger, people who are homeless and ignored by the system, corrupt politicians, we are far away from having a good society that is worthy of exploring the stars. We landed on the moon in 1969 and still have people dying of hunger and disease in 2020.