There were plenty of times when the world sucked much more than it does now.
The difference today is that we are in an information overload ! The main problem in my view is that we humans may have evolved in many ways. But , we do not seem to be evolving psychologically, in an individualistic way.
Society and forward progress is out of sync with the human mind. As the great Carl G. Jung said , “ it all has to start with the individual “.