when we reproduce, do we make copies of ourselves? no we don't. It's not survival of individuals. Read the Selfish Gene and it will change your thinking. You as an individual are a piece of clothing for your genes. Your genes reproduce, you don't.
It's more complicated than that. Your genes reproduce, but then that child is in your care, and you teach them your values. Then your values reproduce.
And then you're into nature vs. nurture. Your values can't reproduce if you have stupid genes that cause your offspring to die of cystic fibrosis, but your genes can't reproduce if you have stupid values that cause your offspring to be self-destructive and sterile.
"You" are the combination of your genes and your values, and whether there gets to be any more of that depends on whether you, as a whole, are any good at it.
That said, you are less likely to reproduce successfully if you are 'a social reject'.
You will meet fewer potential mates, fewer of those will be willing to reproduce with you, etc.
Whatever it was that made you a social reject, if it's something you can pass on either through nature or nuture, is less likely to be passed on.
source: Robert Sapolsky, Zebras Dont Get Ulcers
I explicitly stated what i thought as contrary to the "survival of individuals".
Not only have I read the selfish gene, but I included 3 facts from the book in my comment...
You have been blessed not to grow up with a narcissist or vicarious striver as a parent.
Technically, cars are a means of transportation for people. However, an honest assessment of the American transit system might lead one to believe that the safety and comfort of cars (or the automotive industry and ecosystem) are more important than the people they're supposed to ferry. In reality, the system is complex, incentives and drives are many; a holistic view is more useful than forcing a tortured atomic hierarchy onto that system.