It's mind-blowing that ever since the golden age of technological advancement humanity's research speed not only haven't slowed down, but is constantly accelerating.

Computing speed increases our ability to design systems with even more computing speed. Material research makes other material research easier. And when the two combine, we get stuff like TFLOPS _personal processors_ and computer-simulated 2D materials.
And this happens to pretty much all branches of research.
And results in higher accessibility to increasingly powerful research tools like 3D printers and CAD software for the general populace, multiplying the technology by the sheer number of people able to use it.

It's like we're zerg-rushing all the mysteries of the universe, and it's working. If no apocalyptic event happens in the upcoming decades, we'll literally transcend our animal origins, our limitations and even our planet, producing a lot of cool shit in the process and hopefully fixing most of our mistakes so that the planet part won't be a necessity.

We might or might not live in The Worst Timeline, but we've done pretty well despite all our disadvantages. It's nice to think about when being drowned from all sides with information of our shortcomings.