Our society is becoming economically/financially richer. We are not becoming culturally richer. Shall I compare Shakespeare to "Who's your Daddy?" Shall I compare Beethoven to Spice Girls?
I didn't mean economically, I meant in terms of breadth and scope. There is still art and classical music out there for those who care to search them out. The Von B. and Shakespeare comparisons are unfair since those works have endured. We don't yet what will endure from the mass of our culture.
That said, our language is becoming more technical in nature.