Progress? Be careful, the world is technologically advanced, but spiritually dead.
If people raise their spiritual vibrations, they will automatically help others, feed the poor, give lots of money, even sacrifice their lives for people they have just met. Avoiding masturbation is one of the steps to become noble again, to become US again.
Have you ever read about how dating was a few centuries ago? The people of the past could "see" the beauty of the world, they smelled the flowers, they loved classical music, they loved nature, they were very empathic, depression was pretty rare.
If an atheist (who has not received any religious education) from the 16th century was suddenly teleported to our "modern" 21st century, he would be horrified by what is happening today. His soul is different than those of today.
If you want to put an end to poverty, you'll have to destroy usury, but to do that, hundreds of millions will have to die, as absolute chaos will be rampant, it is necessary. "it gets worse before it gets better".
You seem to be in a disturbed state of mind.