Absolutely, as a whole, life is much better for most people today than it was 20 or 50 years ago. Remember colonialism? WW2? Bubonic plague? Wealth has increased, lifestyles have improved (at least materialistically, people still make bad lifestyle decisions), lifespans have increased, poverty has drastically reduced (by billions of people, not just a handful), etc. It's easy to forget these things when you watch the news every day because their job is to make you stressed out (that is how they make money). Look at the data and the facts, then make your own opinion.