Do you think mankind is heading in the right direction?

This is an interesting topic. I don't think you're correct in saying that people are happier than they've ever been. I think the opposite is the case, that people have never been more depressed and miserable than they are today. We humans are supposed to live in tight-knit communities with lots of social interaction, but we've been moving further and further away from that as society has modernized. It used to be that you would know all the people living in your immediate physical surroundings, but now I live in an apartment complex with 300 other people and I've never had the chance to talk to any of these people who areliving just meters away from my front door.

Edit:The YouTube channelKurzgesagt recently released a great video on this subject: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Xv_g3g-mA