This is the right answer. Life is getting better for the vast majority of humanity. Less poverty, more education, better healthcare, longer life, better governm

This is the right answer. Life is getting better for the vast majority of humanity. Less poverty, more education, better healthcare, longer life, better governments, less war, etc. The average HN reader is probably in the top 5% of humanity in terms of all these things, so from our point of view things aren't getting that much better (but even we are seeing improvements). But for the rest of humanity, this generation is massively better off than their parents' generation, who are better off than their parents' generation, and so on. Obviously there are places in the world that are not having a great time at the moment, but on average it's getting better.