Everyone thinks everything has gotten worse

Here’s some things that actually haven’t:

Weather forecasting: it’s better than ever
Solar: cheaper than natural gas
Coal: essentially dying from not being cheaper than natgas or solar
Timekeeping: now accurate over galactic timescales
Flash storage: surpassing spinning rust
Public transit ridership in the US: Amtrak is posting the best numbers ever
Union membership in the US: rising
Murder rates: falling in the US and worldwide on average, believe it or not
CFC’s: essentially abolished and gone, the biggest environmental win of our lifetimes
Acid rain: increasingly a nearly-solved issue
Electrical access: still rising worldwide
Internet access: most people are now connected everywhere
China is leading the way in green tech and actively working to get off fossil fuels
You can charge an EV from 0 to 80% in 15 minutes with the newest chargers and tech, and it’s still getting faster

And so much more. Lots of quiet wins that people never hear about because all they do is doomscroll.