> We're retiring later and later, working more per week

That may be true. But, if somebody offered me a time machine to travel back in time and live at any point in history, would I take it? Hell no.

> purchasing power is going down

That is not a new thing.

> quality of goods is going down

Phones are better. Computers are better. Cars, planes, washing machines ...

> life expectancy is decreasing

On the whole, this is not the case.

> child mortality is increasing

Globally?

> illiteracy is increasing

Globally?

You seem to have a negative view of things. And sure, many things are not great. But the examples you gave are not it.

pixl97 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Ya some people don't know the difference between their country falling apart versus the world falling apart.

> their country

Not even, I was taking the US as an example because they're at the front of this "tech will deliver us" hypothesis

trgn an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

What does it matter the world gets better when your neighbors do worse?

	▲	tredre3 an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		If all but one of my neighbors were improving, why would I focus on the one that insists on repeatedly shooting itself in the dick?
	▲	travisjungroth an hour ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		The other people in the world who aren’t your neighbors are also people.

Not globally, just in the place we let these things run at full speed without regulations: the US