Judging whether life is worth living is answering the fundamental question of philosophy

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• Philosophy should be studied for the sake of its questions, not for definite answers, which can rarely be known to be true BRBertrand Russellc. 1912
• We do not know the meaning of life, so the thing to do is expand the scope and scale of consciousness, digital and biological, until we know what questions to ask. EMElon Musk9 Nov 2023
• If life is only absurd and freedom bounded by limited fate, what counts is the most living, not the best ACAlbert Camusc. 1942
• Philosophy cannot say with certainty what is true, but it suggests possibilities that free thought from the tyranny of custom BRBertrand Russellc. 1912
• Life is worth living deliberately, facing only its essential facts, so as not to find at death that one has not lived HTHenry David Thoreauc. 1854

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