Every measurable metric? How about median wealth? How about levels of debt? How about job satisfaction? How about median income per household? Per person? How about access to healthcare and cost? How about suicide rates? How about drug overdose rates? How about corruption? How about cost of higher education? How about homelessness? I mean cmon, you're looking at thing with rose colored glasses.
You're being short sighted.
Levels of debt? Probably worse today.
Job satisfaction? Probably worse.
Median income per household? Better.
Per person? Better.
Access to healthcare? Better for the median person, not sure about the poorest.
Healthcare cost? Probably worse.
Suicide rates? Probably worse.
Drug overdose rates? Probably worse.
Corruption? Probably better, though more publicized (maybe better because more publicized).
Cost of higher education? Worse if you go to an expensive school. But there's never been a time when it's easier to educate yourself, for free, if you don't care about the piece of paper.
Homelessness? Not sure; it's more publicized now, but it's been bad off and on for decades. It's probably better now than in the 1930s, but that may not be a fair comparison.
The very fact we are talking about this shows a great progress. 100 years ago, you had a job -> you were satisfied.
> Access to healthcare? Better for the median person, not sure about the poorest.
It's better for the poorest too. in Planetary scale.
>Drug overdose rates? Probably worse.
this is a recent metric, can't be used to prove or disprove Humanity advancement.
> Homelessness? Not sure; it's more publicized now, but it's been bad off and on for decades. It's probably better now than in the 1930s, but that may not be a fair comparison.
Not only is 1930 fair but when we are talking about Humanity progress, the comparison must go even further in 1800s...
Talking about humanity progress makes sense only in grand scale of time and planet. not on specific countries and 50 years...
And one more "how about testosterone levels in men?" These have been falling for the last 60 or 70 years. Men in the West will be impotent by 2040ish at current rates of decline.