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"The unexamined life is not worth living" is a famous dictum supposedly uttered by Socrates at his trial for impiety and corrupting youth, for which he was subsequently sentenced to death. The dictum is recorded in Plato's Apology as ho dè anexétastos bíos ou biōtòs anthrṓpōi.

-Wikipedia

My take…

Well, I think Captain Kirk expresses it really well here:

https://www.npr.org/2022/10/23/1130482740/william-shatner-jeff-bezos-space-travel-overview-effect

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