You were definitely an early Pioneer in the space belle.  Things have changed a lot more since then which is inevitable, nobody could have foreseen back then where we are to day.  From my perspective I could say that we have gone forward in some aspects but have rescinded ground in a lot of others. 

 But I still do not believe that everything is all doom and gloom the world is coming to an end. Things can be getting worse so they can get better simultaneously.