I think that the non examined life is still worth living. I don't think that every little aspect of our lives should be dissected and thought about for every single thing we do. There are certain times where it is important to think about and examine out lives very closely and carefully, like when choosing a college, career, marriage, where to live, etc. If we spend our whole lives worry about whether to examine every little thing, then we could be wasting important moments because of our focus on examining life so much. In all, some things should be examined, but some little decisions we can brush over.
I think that a modern Socrates is David Letterman. His talk show has been going on for almost 30 years now and he has always featured provocative material, although with a humorous aspect. When dealing with politicians or even celebrities he pokes fun at their ideas or thoughts that seem to not benefit the American people, and even on an event like 9/11 he got really serious and had a very motivating monolouge directed towards Al-Queda
I agree that we shouldn't dissect every occurrence of our lives but I think it's important to look at the things we are doing to see if it's really something we want to do, if what we are studying will bring us to a path where we can find meaning.
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