Yeah, right, but we could also create a long list of how much better everything is now than everything was as a whole, back along. None of us would really want to go back to living in the 30's or 50's or even 60's. (unless you are guaranteed to fall on your feet as one of a much smaller class of the economically cushioned- and even then.....

The real question is where are we going with all that we have created? Until we decide that, we cannot determine its current value.