What I thought was going to be an interesting programme on whether or not things have got worse in society, narrated by someone who said he was an optimist, fell pretty short for me. Did anyone else listen to it? I guess really what he was saying was 'things have always been like this', whereas I was hoping he'd say, 'In fact, if you really analyse it, things are much better'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01hjs15