It's difficult to say actually.. there are things from the past that are better than today and will probably be better than tomorrow.. IMO

things like appliances (to give an example) the quality of those in the past far outlast those built today and will probably still have lasted longer than those of tomorrow.. today's ideology by corporations are focused on greed.. "how can we make more money than those who built/created these in the past" and the answer seemed simple... make things "disposable".. everything SEEMS to be built with a specific length of durability, in order to resell to the same clients after a shorter 'life' span than those built by their predecessors.. with the introduction of technology (ie: electronics) like computers, motherboards, pcb's etc.. the tech has a much shorter life span thus creating repeat business by having a cut off date of approx 5 yrs.. point of note, look at your own computer/laptop/mobile phone, the tech and upgrades are endless, the OS alone are obsolete faster than the actual machined parts can break down YET the new OS requires different "upgraded" parts to function.. whereas I've had a maytag washer/dryer set that lasted over 25 years yet today.. those same sets (with electronics mind you) last about 5 yrs and often have to be repaired long before that yet after their 1 year covered warranty.. keeping corporations in business yet not costing them much in after sales service.. it's a win-win for those greedy b'tards.. that and of course, creating their own competition by buying theirs out..

thus brings me, IMO, to the conclusion that the future, with these greedy folks (the 1%) at the helm, looks pretty bleak for us regular joes.. where prices will continue to rise, salaries will continue to be low balled or stagnate altogether (OR AI will take all the jobs) thus lining the 1%'s pockets, and the 'middle class' will be completely obliterated..

also.. let's not forget that with the expected age limits being much higher than centuries ago.. people live longer now, so with the population growing (regardless of the amount being born) it puts a huge stress on our sustainability.. we may not have enough food etc to allow a birth boom.. and if you factor in the rising water levels and recent loss of landmass.. we could be putting ourselves in a serious "over" population position where quality of life will be lost to quantity of people..

the speculation from the scientific community has largely been that 8 billion people would be the maximum sustainable world population.. any more than that and we could put our own 'current' way of life at a much greater risk.. however these numbers were offered long before the recent risks of higher sea levels.. in other words.. a larger population will end in poverty and famine with less place to live.. with a huge loss of much needed forestation and a greater tax on our already depleting fresh water supplies..

in summary.. the future looks pretty bleak indeed!!

What increasing population?
With men's fertility going down the drain having successful conception is going to become difficult in the very near future.
Sperm count has already dropped 50% and keeps going down.

As it is rate of increase of population has slowed down substantially. What is happening is that more people survive/live to become adults and eventually old people.
In a way that causes an increase in population without the number of births going up.
But in the not too far future will cause a major drop in population when those people make their transition when they're old.

The way it is survival of our species could be at risk due to the enormous drop in fertility in mostly men.
Women's fertility has also been affected but I believe men's is way worse.

Another problem is that people are so ill informed and believe the stories the ones in power tell them via media & news. Which is that there are way too many people and this is a serious problem bladibla.
The truth is entirely different.

Population is expected to reach just over 10 billion and it is possible to feed 10.2 billion people without compromising the planet.
It does require some change, but it is possible.
And as predicted scientifically it won't rise after that but significantly go down.
Then the next problem arises: mankind's fertility. We need men's sperm in order to survive and this is becoming increasingly problematic.