Is modern era comfortable, but empty?

[The Architect Of Fate]

You are completely missing the point. Nowadays from the start since the education, everything is designed into shaping how you think, how you do, and what you will do for the rest of your life. 

Considering for most of human history people didn't get an education period and a good portion of the world's population couldn't even read. I would say we're freer than ever.

People are less likely to think by themselves, imagine and explore because everything is already “set on stone”. Add to that all the meaningless entertainment that surrounds us every day, and you end up with robots.

Yeah because doing back-breaking field labor or later on working in one of the satanic mills was so meaningful and people had so much free time to explore... 

You only talk about resources, and I agree that nowadays we have more. I even acknowledged it on the OP. But it is not only about the resources, is what we do with our time, and what we consume. You mentioned illiteracy, yet what do people read nowadays? Reddit, Facebook posts?

People read more now than they did when they couldn't read and really who are you to say what's worthy of reading? 

Just because we have more nowadays does not mean our thoughts and lives are more free. To the contrary, we may be less free. Companies monitor our behavior 24/7 through our phones.

Ah no you are freer than 90% of the human beings who have ever lived. You are not a slave or a serf. I'll take a government that simply watches to one that comes over and breaks my legs because I was late with my tribute.

Also stop attacking me saying things like “self-pity”. As hominem. Grow up

No this sounds like self-pity and the whining of someone who doesn't get how good they have it. Like a spoiled child who's been given chocolate cake every day and whines that they are being given chocolate muffins.