Srimad Bhagavatam, ancient Vedic scripture from India, would respond to that question by posing a contra question. What is the value of a prolonged life, which is wasted, inexperienced by years in this world? Better a moment of full consciousness, because that gives one a start in searching his or her supreme interest. Persons who are actually intelligent and philosophically inclined should endeavor only for that purposeful end which is not obtained even by wandering from the topmost planet down to the lowest.