When I consider the parts of the past of which I have some knowledge, I am inclined to believe that, in Utilitarian hedonistic terms, the past has been worth it, since the sum of happiness has been greater than the sum of suffering. Derek Parfit, On What Matters, vol. 2, Oxford, 2011, p. 612
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