> There's no experience of any kind related to not existing in the first place, so the two options are completely orthogonal. It's like asking whether you'd suf

> There's no experience of any kind related to not existing in the first place, so the two options are completely orthogonal. It's like asking whether you'd suffer from your parents never having met. I agree with your first statement that not existing in the first place means that you don't have the capacity (or burden) to regret or cherish that existence. The second statement is a little bit more nuanced, because assuming you derive happiness from your existence, and you already exist, you'd not have been able to experience the happiness if your parents didn't meet, therefore you'd suffer a net loss. I realie that there's a bit of circular logic in there of course, hence why I condition the assertion on the fact that you already do exist and therefore can make a judgement whether you'd prefer to exist or not.