If we define less suffering as living 2x longer, with 100x less child mortality and access to education, safety and entertainment that not even kings in previou

If we define less suffering as living 2x longer, with 100x less child mortality and access to education, safety and entertainment that not even kings in previous generations had, then we should thank technology for that. You can of course go full relativism and say that our society cannot be judged as better or worse than any other, but I think that's disingenuous.