Look at the facts in last 60 years the quality of life it's self has gone down. Those facts may be a fact of personal psychology. Sure, there is entropy, over population, extinction crises, polluting ourselves to extinction ; just one example of drill baby drill https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=175638997 And, not the least of which - you can't prevent your inevitable demise. Our Sun is going to burn itself out in a few short 4 billion years - you f'd anyway you look at it. Progress is relative, life expectancy for your part of the world is near all time highs, amazing technological advancements, etc,..
Point for an individual is where they point their focus. Supermarket out there: take up God, greed, sex, ..all there to take you there ;):