If we assume that we are not more able to cope with those problems, we only fool ourselves that we are—then more. So it depends on how optimistic you are about the current society.
In any case this is not the first time when I realize that to make a concept more useful, I can adopt a definition that is similar, and yet crucially different, from the “common wisdom” one. One other example of this is my definition of mnemonic technique.
… more than ever?
If we assume that we are not more able to cope with those problems, we only fool ourselves that we are—then more. So it depends on how optimistic you are about the current society.
In any case this is not the first time when I realize that to make a concept more useful, I can adopt a definition that is similar, and yet crucially different, from the “common wisdom” one. One other example of this is my definition of mnemonic technique.