David Benatar is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town. His books, which have been translated into multiple languages, include Better Never to Have Been: The Harm of Coming into Existence (Oxford 2006), The Second Sexism: Discrimination against men and boys (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012), and The Human Predicament: A candid guide to life’s biggest questions (Oxford, 2017). He has held visiting positions at Brandeis, Emory, and Princeton universities, the United States’ National Institutes of Health, as well as at Western University, and the University of Toronto.