No, I mean the indiscriminate decimation of animal coprolites from the natural history museums around the world!
Not buying that? …ok, I made a mistake. 
Easily today.
I’d disagree. In the last ten years, we’ve seen a lot of good change- the #Metoo movement, the legalization of gay marriage, the voting out of Trump, renewable energy has made serious inroads vs. fossil fuels, and even among fossil fuels, the percentage of coal has decreased significantly versus natural gas.
I’d say it’s a wash; for all the bad Trump did, there was still a lot of good stuff that did happen.
That’s not at all what it says. It says most people think these measures are worse than they really are. They do not give a judgement on what is a good measure or a bad measure.
What the book does emphasize is that no number can be judged in isolation. It is more useful to compare it to other numbers, when possible, over time and geography.