I can try...
Think of a parallel universe, just like ours, except instead of creating a currency as money, we continued to trade our goods and services for other goods and services. We want food? Grow a crop or a garden.
Not everyone agrees with this idea obviously, but I personally think it’s the only solution to a better world.
Yes, now is a great time to be alive. It’s also the easiest time to be alive. Less survival and more comfort, which obviously is creating more a society of soft people that don’t understand what it feels like to work with your hands or to hunt for your own food to survive.
Again, that’s just me. Some people believe they’re happier sitting in front of a screen, but a lot of those people also don’t know what it feels like to survive and really live.