wa alaikum salaam,
yes something was better something bad, but what about overall? yaa aap 50/50 hain?
I would say 50/50 because they had their own problems & they were big for them then & when finally humans found solutions to those problems newer problems arose.
Every time had its share of problems & solutions.
No time is better with regard to problems.
At least this is what i think.
Just like we found solutions to some diseases which were considered incurable back then...then newer diseases cam into existence which are considered incurable now , then again doctors will find cure to these ones & another set of supposedly incurable diseases will come into existence.This will just keep on & on & on.