It seems to me that the whole debate would benefit from some Quantum Thinking. The world can get better and worse at the same time. Poverty can go away in some

It seems to me that the whole debate would benefit from some Quantum Thinking. The world can get better and worse at the same time. Poverty can go away in some parts and increase (in absolute or relative terms) in others. People can be more happy because they don't starve, don't die from trivial diseases and don't get murdered anymore on the street - while at the same time starting to be depressed about lack of meaning or sense of belonging, senseless (but well-paid) jobs, worries about allergies, eating animals, stress, climate change or whatever thing they worry about basic needs are met. There is just no point to attempt to come to a conclusion from a binary set of options ("things getting better" vs "things getting worse"). In my eyes, this question is too complex, too philosophical and too subjective for anyone to actually come to an absolute, definite and unassailable conclusion which everyone else could stand behind.