The Asymmetry Between Pleasure and Pain: Is Life Worth Living?

The article titled "The Asymmetry Between Pleasure and Pain: Is Life Worth Living?" by Tim Sommers references a line from Sophocles’ Oedipus at Colonus (401 BCE), which states, “Not to be born is, beyond all estimation, best; but when a man has seen the light, the next best is to go whence he came as soon as possible.”