More On the Meaning (Meaninglessness?) of Life

In a recent post, Does Life Have Meaning? I wrote about the plethora of recent social media posts on the supposed meaninglessness of our lives.

In addition to the other points I made in the original post, this subject appears to be a “first world problem.”  Think for a moment of those living in areas that are war-torn, impoverished, disease-ridden, or ruled by cruel tyrants.  How many have the bandwidth to concern themselves with the meaning of life and to bemoan its monotony?

Yes, as Socrates said, “The unexamined life is not worth living,” but it’s possible that the over-examined life–as well as the unappreciated life–may be just as bad.