Some people say that the World hasn't become worst, the media coverage has become better. Maybe they are right. Maybe the atrocities we see in television happen since the beginning of time and we just didn't know about it.
People tend to take life for granted and live the present without any concern for the future.
War, pollution, crime, drugs and starvation are all things that can be minimized. They are not unavoidable consequences of modern life. They are just consequences of the way we live our lives.