I have no doubt that the rate at which bad things come out has increased. My question is about the net total - it seems to me that overall everything has pretty

I have no doubt that the rate at which bad things come out has increased. My question is about the net total - it seems to me that overall everything has pretty much stayed the same. Questions to myself: Am I right? Due to higher order effects, or due to unrelated orthogonal influences, or both? Examples for concrete questions: Did work conditions improve? Did product longevity improve? Did customer service improve? Do people live better, longer, happier? Is politics more honest? Do we trust politicians, companies (or insert any profession or entity you like) more? Is there more fairness? Freedom (example: "free range kids")? When you complain (and you are right about it), what are the chances that anything changes - and actually for the better, not just a workaround/quick fix without actual long-term net total improvement? Quite a bit room for subjectivity of course.