[bobsmooth]

>What is your metric?

Poverty and disease, for one.

[jrobn]

Yes for some. But I still would say you are missing the forest for the trees.

[robjan]

Not really. There is inequality in the world but pretty much universally we have a better standard of living than 100 years ago. Suggested reading: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Better_Angels_of_Our_Nat...