On the one hand, I would contend that the world at large, the macrocosm, is progressing. There are still conflicts between nations, but world leaders are no longer applauded for being warriors, but peacemakers. Whenever there is territorial conflict, there are several nations that will immediately join in sending peace missions with the intention of settling hostilities. Open borders and free trade agreements are on the increase, and most wealthy nations dedicate large sums of money to foreign aid. On the other hand, the quality of life of the individual, the microcosm, is on the decrease, and dramatically so.
Divorce rates are higher than ever and climbing all the time.
Teenage suicides have doubled over the past 25 years alone. More people are being treated for clinical depression than ever before, and prozac and lithium have become the miracle drugs of a despondent generation. First, an overview of two generations who angered Gd. Many Biblical commentators point out that the sins of the generation of the flood, all of whom were wiped out by G-d, and the sins of the generation of the Tower of Babel, all of whom were confounded and dispersed by the Almighty, were antithetical. The sin of the generation of the flood was to abuse their bodies.