The thing I find comfort in regarding Socrates admonition is it’s looseness. He didn’t say come to a conclusion, or use this formula or even measure against this set of criteria. Yes, it is negative, which is a good point. But the implication, the examined life is worth living, is a valid observation, starkly simple and without pedantic weight. Sadly, the lemmings of modern society, I think, on the whole, lack the capacity to examine much of anything, let alone life.