The Unexamined Life is Not Worth Living?

It's all very noble and grand and happy to make statements such as these. It takes us to a new level of intellectualism to say things like this, right? Anything we assume that, when questioned, holds up is therefore valuable. But not worth living? That seems inaccurate.

Unexamined lives don't amount to much, true. People that work the land or the cubicle, that marry someone, have a family, maybe grow old (maybe not) and eventually become statistics, these are people that live lives worth living. These are generally happy people, even if they're not content on a day-to-day basis. But the examiners, from the first question they think, condemn themselves to lifelong frustration.

Frustration with their fellow men for accepting everything at face value, disgust with their inability to seek truth, let alone find it. Anger at everyone, that even if unvoiced remains a pest in the ear. Examiners become like Winston Smith; a single thought that forces a choice:

1. To be condemned
or
2. To live a shallow life that he can see to be shallow

...and examiners often end up like Winston Smith as well. They have no grand affect on the world. It continues to turn while they are shut down like Winston.

So the unexamined life is entirely worth living, but only possible if you have the rare ability to think about nothing at all.

"About Me"

Serena Thiel is an exceptionally beautiful person. She is always looking to help others or give a friend a confidence boost, but sometimes gets distracted looking at her own reflection in the mirror. When not doing these things, she is reading books that will make other people think she's smart or just stop creepy strangers from talking to her on public transit. She lives alone with over 400 CDs and 17 cats, and one of those pieces of information is true. (Who has CDs anymore? Spotify, HELLLOOOOOO!) While not having fantasies about being Batman, she thinks up ways to mention that her dog is from a shelter in daily conversation. Her favorite food is Kraft Mac 'n' Cheese wrapped in salami and eaten like a taco.

Other delicious tidbits for you to nibble on:
She is a reporter at the Daily Planet
She spends an unreasonable amount of time talking, thinking about, and touching her hair
She knows all the words to Will Smith's album "Lost and Found" by heart
Her favorite words include 'calm' (it's a noun, verb, and adjective), 'adjectival' (that's the adjective form of adjective, chew on that one for a while), tureen (look at it. LOOK), and icosahedronism (the quality of being a twenty-sided polyhedron).
The single greatest moment of her life so far was the day that Ringo Starr favorited one of her tweets (June 24th, 2012). When she got the notification, she said "My life has reached its pinnacle."