i am too... i lived in the countryside once - big mistake. i thrive on the energy and sounds of people going about their days. i'm ok without internet and such, just dislike the lack of hustle and bustle.

idk if our world is so much "worse" though... yep, tons of information, etc and fast paced, but then again, i prefer that to having to hunt or gather my food myself every day and for the bulk of the world we don't have to worry about being eaten by predators, etc. We don't have to know every berry and leaf that is edible and we don't have to memorize a lot of things we once would have had to do. We aren't plagued by the same diseases and pests either.

as far as "gaps" or errors in evolution... who can really say? it's speculation at best because our entire existence as a species has been but a blip on the radar of time on this planet. As STephen Hawking said, there is no evidence that intelligence is an evolutionary advantage.