Is Our Existence a Problem?

This from 20th Century German-American social psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, and democratic socialist Erich Fromm.

A smart guy, to be sure, but to his point here, I’m with Socrates, who said famously, “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

I’ll also quote myself: “Thought is cheap.”  When my kids were younger, I tried to encourage them to be intellectually curious, reminding them that thinking is neither painful or expensive.