The ten mile trek to the office was effortlessly made in comfort. I didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn to milk cows and gather eggs for my breakfast. We all have it pretty easy these days. Everyone who works earns the price of a modest meal in about an hour. Constant radar surveillance warns us of tornadoes and hurricanes.
Miracle drugs are readily available to the general public.
Doctors can view your body inside and out without using a scalpel or a butcher knife. Some people believe that serial killers and other hideous criminals prove that times are more cruel now. The Inquisition and witch burning come to mind as possibly being more intolerant. Take heart that you weren't a Jewish German 50 years ago. I haven't noticed any Senators feeding Christians to lions lately.