Well it's hard to say that America has not significantly benefitted from it.
And the gains in the countries which supply the West with their goods are also significant.
So the world on average is significantly better off.
I think the issue today is
1) the huge disparity of the wealth distribution within that average.
2) the inability of human beings as meat space constructs to adapt to those changes. You can't train everyone to be programmers, and as you remove the niches for arts, soft sciences and so on, you remove the ability for the non mathematically inclined to find meaningful, gainful employment.
And the gains in the countries which supply the West with their goods are also significant.
So the world on average is significantly better off.
I think the issue today is
1) the huge disparity of the wealth distribution within that average.
2) the inability of human beings as meat space constructs to adapt to those changes. You can't train everyone to be programmers, and as you remove the niches for arts, soft sciences and so on, you remove the ability for the non mathematically inclined to find meaningful, gainful employment.