The answer for “what has gotten better” is communication technology. I know we all have to perform how much we hate the websites that we spend all our time on, but I will be brave enough to admit that having you losers in my life has made it better.
Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.