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It is evading the question, but I think it is worth considering some alternative questions as well. They may be adequate for making decisions and predicting others' behavior.
Many people talk about achieving immortality through their children. They might prefer personal immortality, but they also care very much about their children, too. For example, while Robin Hanson expresses interest in "living" for thousands of years via cryonics, when he puts a number on it, he evades the controversial question of personal identity and defines success by
(to which he assigns 80-90%, like the other components)
Thanks for the reply. Perhaps I should mention I have no children and at no point in my life or in my wife's life have either of us wanted children.