>>310089249
How do the calculations account for people who would've just died in the past? Technology has been a big boost for the sick, weak, and annoying people. It hasn't been very helpful for the healthy, strong, and attractive. In terms of happiness, the worst period for humanity was most likely the agricultural revolution, which was on the primitive end of the scale, but drastically worse than the high-tier late hunter-gatherer period that preceded it.

>>310090276
Technology is a double edged sword that lets people do things they couldn't do otherwise. If they want to make others or themselves less happy, they can.