Mountain or Mole hill???

Mountain or mole hill? - there seems to be more confusion than ever about the state of society today in terms of ACTUAL QUALITY OF LIFE for people living within that society. With all the various new methods being suggested for measuring a society's "wealth" and "quality of life" (some methods being accepted, some not, some partially accepted etc.), for approximately the last 7 years in global history it seems that we humans are more confused than ever about where things stand in our respective local society's? - WHAT DO YOU THINK COULD BE DONE TO IMPROVE INDIVIDUAL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR SOCIETY - WHY SOME AREAS WHICH WERE TRADITIONALLY PROBLEMATIC SEEM TO HAVE FADED INTO INSIGNIFICANCE WHILST OTHERS HAVE CROPPED UP COMPLETELY UNEXPECTEDLY? Please let us know your thoughts here: