Here is the actual thrust of the conversation. Anyone who believes this knows no history, neither did they live in an age without technology. Consider the following and then reevaluate your statement:
1 - People stay healthier and live a great deal longer than in the days of lower technology.
2 - Parents no longer have to birth twelve children in hopes that two will live to be adults.
3 - Women don't die in childbirth anywhere near as often merely decades ago.
4 - Transportation is faster and safer than ever before, and most people can afford it.
5 - Women aren't slaves to the laundry, cooking, or washing dishes.
6 - The quality of the clothes we wear has dramatically improved, and households aren't burdened by making them.
7 - Paper and writing instruments are significantly improved. Books are affordable.
8 - Communicating with someone anywhere in the world can occur instantly upon a whim rather than several months.
9 - Anyone has instant access to information regarding any subject, and this is usually free.
10- People having a medical emergency can get help well within the time previous citizens would die.
This is a woefully brief list of the quality of life that is brought to us through technology. King Henry XII would have killed for the want of duct tape.
But these things are obvious, as are any others that might be added to that list to change it from brief to complete.
And I might very well concede with washing machines and quality of clothing (excluding made in China). But I do not concede on the point of digital technology.
Life is no more fulfilling than it was in the days of having twelve children, and people are probably less content. This is the real measure of quality of life.