History ended sometime around 1990. It was determined at that time that civilization could not substantially change any further, for better or worse

Life did get substantially worse since 1990 though?

Mass surveillance, rise of tech billionaire class, unprecedented political polarization, KYC-rollout in banks.

Ecological crisis is accelerating with tens of thousands of dead in Europe due to recent heatwaves.

edit: also Germany, Japan, Russia and China openly remilitarizing after 80 years of relative peace. This is really bad.