[smokel]

I must agree that it is not that simple. That would be highly unlikely.

But how does one measure the impact of recent changes, such as the rise of the internet? Did the invention of the crossbow, the invention of money, of language, of the wheel, not also impact our lives in dramatic ways?

World population has almost constantly been at an all-time high, because it is mostly increasing.

It sure may feel different this time, but if you read the Book of Revelation, or consider 14th century pandemics, our current situation looks like child's play to me.