It cannot be said that we live in uninteresting times. It's a new set of values that ushered in this socio-economic revolution and, hopefully, we choose to live differently with the gains (as you suggest in your post).
Thank you. for this uplifting note: "This past year we were relentlessly and continuously pummeled with images of death and destruction in the mainstream media. The only death in this revolution will be to antiquated ideas, despair, and inequality. "
From your mouth to His ears _/|_