“I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have ...

Questão de Inglês da banca Avança SP aplicada no concurso Prefeitura de Caconde SP (2024). Confira a resolução completa abaixo:

“I have no faith in human perfectibility. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.”
― Edgar Allan Poe

According to Edgar Allan Poe, how does he perceive the change in human activity over the years?