Is There Any Progress in Modern Society?

Sally Kohn: We have material progress, but socially we're struggling as your book really is. There's no use arguing that modern society isn't a kind of paradise. She says the poorest people in modern society enjoy a level of physical comfort unimaginable a thousand years ago.Kohn: I think it's totally misunderstood what's happened to the standard of living the average person in America over the last 50 years.