&gt;<i>There is no law stating that each generation of humans should have it easier and with more resources available to them.</i><p>No, but it&#x27;s an absolute shame and a complete failure that this is has not been the case during the past 30 years with the resources and technology available to us and with the total wealth (of course distributed unequally) growing up.<p>I&#x27;m not talking about Third World either -- things might have been better there, but then again they started from a pretty low bar.<p>I&#x27;m about the US, Western Europe, etc.