> This statement about what is "good for society" can't be evaluated by statistics or metrics I'd beg to differ. One can think up any number of metrics that wo

> This statement about what is "good for society" can't be evaluated by statistics or metrics I'd beg to differ. One can think up any number of metrics that would be inarguably good for society. Reduction in suicide would be a huge one. Reduced crime rate. Reduced addiction rate. Increase in lifespan. Increase in standard of living. Reduction of domestic violence. There are many more dimensions you could measure, establishing direct causation is the tricky part but it is certainly possible to establish if the state of society in general is improving.