I'll re-iterate what strikelaserclaw said and add: maybe looking at it on a 10 year basis is too short? Humans have now about 20-30 year generations, so I thin

I'll re-iterate what strikelaserclaw said and add: maybe looking at it on a 10 year basis is too short? Humans have now about 20-30 year generations, so I think it's fair to judge our progress as a species in at least multiples of this. I'm in my mid 30's and kids these days are way nicer to each other than they were when I was a kid. Bullying, making fun of kids of silly differences, etc is way down. I think the future long term, and in a two step forward one step back kind of way, is going to be better than it is now.