Major employers, e.g. the auto industry, have made striking comebacks. Federal and State budgets are running surpluses. Crime, even among teens, and illegal drug use are declining. Teen pregnancy rates are dropping. Air pollution in our largest cities is lower than in a generation.
Science fiction can barely keep ahead of medical and technological advances.
New drugs are discovered weekly. Steady progress is made in treatment of cancer, Alzheimer's, AIDS, heart disease, stroke. The power of computers, office-ready and family systems, their speed and quality, go up and up as prices fall, increasing productivity and giving us all free travel to the wonderlands of the world wide web. Globally we are the only Super-power. Historically intractable problems in North Ireland and South Africa are close to solution.