According to Osho, yes—he is absolutely certain Western civilization has moved toward shunya—but not as crude materialism. True advance is transcending the matter–spirit split: there is only one reality, appearing as visible matter and invisible soul, two ends of the same. He refuses both labels, aligning a bridge from Epicurus to Buddha, toward the nondual emptiness underlying all.
Yes: real progress means seeing everything is one thing, whether you call it matter or spirit—that’s emptiness.