Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Many people say they're glad to have been born. But are they right in making this judgement? Let's dive in.

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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TIMESTAMPS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

00:00 - Intro
00:26 - "I'm Glad to Be Born"
01:11 - Conceptual Errors
08:50 - Psychological Biases
10:12 - Learnings
12:00 - Outro

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~LINKS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To Be or Not to Have Been? – Defective Counterfactual Reasoning About One's Own Existence (David Benatar): philpapers.org/rec/BENTBO-3

Other videos:
• youtu.be/AgtcI_Bx9t4?si=RdZEgtVMBJQvNo4X
• youtu.be/vgTzRgIsdVA?si=aQBDoSThPZJCH_ZW
• youtu.be/6t08ihh8EK0?si=KZOeY6YLyfg0maqE

Better Never to Have Been – The Harm of Coming into Existence (David Benatar): amazon.co.uk/Better-Never-Have-Been-Existence/dp/0199549265

Why Your Life is Worse Than You Think: youtube.com/watch?v=UXnBhLmVsdQ&t=1100s

Outro Music // The Last Time - Kayou. // Provided by @LofiGirl