Adding in a bit of my own worldview, I find this topic interesting, because I think people often conflate the “trouble” with being born and the “trouble” with being self-aware. As I see it, there’s no suffering from just existing. It’s only when you know you exist and can see yourself in pain that suffering is arises, and from that the aspect of pain is not existence, but a particular kind of self-awareness that’s focused on suffering and the way in which each moment is being assessed to be net negative rather than neutral or net positive.
Adding in a bit of my own worldview, I find this topic interesting, because I think people often conflate the “trouble” with being born and the “trouble” with being self-aware. As I see it, there’s no suffering from just existing. It’s only when you know you exist and can see yourself in pain that suffering is arises, and from that the aspect of pain is not existence, but a particular kind of self-awareness that’s focused on suffering and the way in which each moment is being assessed to be net negative rather than neutral or net positive.