Today, nearly everyone has pocket computers, cheap internet, longer lifespans, better healthcare, cars that last decades, homes with plumbing, electricity and climate control, etc.
Poverty has been declining for decades.
Your life looks much better than your parents, and looks much, much, much better than your grandparents.
Except having what are essentially televisions in their pocket. That's the one win they get.
Doing more poorly? but everyone has all kinds of home appliances, nice reliable cars with tons of features, more people have college degree, bigger houses, etc.
In what way?
> and looks much, much, much better than your grandparents
I'm not so sure about that one, either—my grandparents had to go to war to kill the Nazis, and it's looking like we're going to have to do that again.