This is the better future?

Are you clothed and eat enough? Do live in a place that is basically comfortable? Do you never really fear for your safety? Do you have freedom of expression and choices and opportunities in the world?

On average, yes, it is better than the past, especially for people in North America and Europe. I could list all the reasons why, for me personally... like the fact that I'm not beaten or killed for my gender identity and that I can marry my partner who can have a successful career despite their race. But I suggest as an exercise you consider how your life would be in, say, 1924. If you can't come up with anything, huge congrats on your privilege.

It's easy to forget what it could be like and when we are relatively comfortable and complacent to get into the mindset of complaining that we only have a 55" TV and can't afford to buy a house. It's easy to forget that others don't even have that level of comfort and that but for lucky circumstance we could be that "other".