We look at the World, at the Human Carnival raging across the planet, and we ask: "Will it get Better?"
OR...
We ask: "Will it get Worse?"
Maybe these questions miss the point? Everything will get Better & Worse, but... really...
The World, the Human Carnival raging across the planet will most assuredly get Weirder, Much, Much Weirder. And the Weirdness will speed up as the Universe expands or contracts or whatever it is doing.
Maybe we need to get our heads around a new paradigm: The Weird Age, or The Age of the Weird.