The problems we face today are yesterday's unsolved problems. Looking back 30 years and saying that everything was ok is an ignorant stretch. As far as I know, if people hadn't ignored the problems 30 years ago, we wouldn't be dealing with the problems we're dealing with today. But then again, 30 years ago people said the very same thing you're saying now: everything is ok. The challenges we’ll be forced to confront 30 years from now are caused by yesterday's unresolved issues. People today haven't changed a bit when it comes to dealing with the things that should be dealt with, really dealt with.