Despite “post scarcity” still being infinitely far away, we have moved towards it. A lot of things still suck, but a lot of things would be miraculous to a time

Despite “post scarcity” still being infinitely far away, we have moved towards it. A lot of things still suck, but a lot of things would be miraculous to a time traveller from 100 years ago, or even 50 years ago. Unfortunately, the hedonic treadmill is real at the societal level as well as the individual.