No, not really. Objectively this is the best time to live in so far. I mean there might be a better future, but who could say?
Here is why:
Health care was never as good as today, globally, for the rich just as for the poor
100 years ago 90% of human population lived off 1 $ (in today's dollars) per day. Today, even though our riches are not distributed fairly, the whole populus still is richer then ever before
200 years ago, when you were born a farmer, you'd die a farmer (or in a mental asylum)
We have anesthetics and pain killers
100 years ago only 5% of human population (or less) had a proper education, today around 80% at least have access and its getteng better
in india practically no child dies of hunger today. We'll win the fight against hunger soon enough.
one can really profit from the diversities of culture thanks to our global communication. I could also lose my head and time totally on facebook, but I'm not doing that so...
in the west you have free personal choice of what you believe in, what you want to do for a living, what you want to eat. however many politicians are trying to take that away from us, so the future is looking bleaker and bleaker
in the west we have free speech, which means that even the minorities can speak up and have a voice
So yeah, best time so far.
