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I think freedom should win when contemplating how to ethically shape the future. I don't have any direct evidence that posthumans in a post-Singularity universe will be "happy" throughout their lives in a way that we value, but you certainly don't have evidence to the contrary, either.
As long as neither of us know the exact outcome, I think the sensible thing to do is to maximize freedom, by trying to change technology and culture to unburden us and make us more capable. Then the future can decide for itself, instead of relying on you or I to worry about these things.
Also, how many people do you know who could honestly claim, "I wish I had never been born?" Although there are certainly some, I don't think there are very many, and life down here on Earth isn't even that great.
And there is nearly a infinite space of minds that wold look at all life today and consider it better to have never existed.
The minds most likley to live for long periods in a situation that we would judge them to be better off never been born at all are either extremely unfree (no suicide) or are already adapted to consider it perfectly tolerable or perhaps even enjoyable.