You may have missed the globalization gains party, but we still benefit in aggregate. (Cheaper prices for better goods) From an employment point of view, the technology party is still running strong. It is much more fun and higher impact to be a programmer today than 20 years ago, let alone 40. Can you imagine programming an internal IT system in assembler using punchcards?
Sometimes I feel like I showed up to the great party of life right when a mobster busted in and started holding everyone at gunpoint.