I've always had a reaction to the word "reductionism" since I first read it during my early studies of Dr. Frankl's work. The idea that we reduce each other to a single word, or thought, or label - it still makes me cringe. I am reminded of how each prisoner in the Nazi concentration camps was stripped of their humanity and reduced to a number - Dr. Viktor Frankl, neurologist, psychologist, husband, and expecting father was reduced to prisoner #119104.

You would think we learned something from that. But from what I saw of the internet last week, reacting to the tragedy of a missing mini-submarine in some of the most visceral ways imaginable, it seems maybe we haven't. Although, I am hopeful I was witness to the worst of the reactions, as "The Algorithm" often does. I hope we have more humanity for each other, and less reductionism.

So that is the nature of my chat with Rabbi B. in this week's episode of The Meaning Project Podcast w/ The Meaning Academy. I hope you enjoy and find it meaningful.

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