I think I have to agree with you yretek. Some things really do get worse with time. Sometimes there is regression, natural disasters happen, big changes are not always the best. Time is morally neutral so to speak. It doesn't turn *everything* better or worse. Being on the younger side, you are just ignorant to the things that were better most of the time.
Nor technological progression always makes things better. Some are dystopian, can be used for very bad things.