[pascalxus]

having to live in the "most expensive and exclusive city in the country" is not a plus.

I'd take shelter over Iphone any day of the week.

Most of All 6 of the things I mentioned haven't improved much in the last 50 years (Granted Food & Water are already very very good).

Using the US as an example: Housing, Medical and Education are all far less affordable and accesible today. All rising far faster than inflation.

Even our ability to transport people effectively from home to work and back has not improved much. The cost is just as high as ever. Cars/public transportation aren't able to move any faster than they could in the 70s (safety reasons, etc) and as the housing situation worsens, people's commutes get longer and longer. Thus the time it takes to arrive at ones destination hasn't improved. And it doesn't help that we seem to be moving the homes and works further and further apart (due to the cost of housing).

The improvements we're making these days are increasingly minor. Compare a car from today vs one from 20 years ago. there's not a whole lot of difference in terms of impact to you as a human being. even safety improvements are becoming increasingly incremental as we fight for every last 1000th of a percent of improvement.