Another angle to look at is, are we better off with today's technology than our ancestors in Europe ( or elsewehere) 300 years ago?
300 years ago it was common for a family to have 6-8 kids and expect only 1 to live past the age of 3. Now child mortality in the west is very rare. So yes in many ways we are better off then we were 300 years ago.
Modern Medicine is a GOOD thing.