📚 8 Books mentioned in "223. What About All the Questions We Haven’t Answered? | No Stupid Questions" of No Stupid Questions

But one of these books is Man’s Search for Meaning. Now, Mike, there’s no way that you have not read Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, correct? I’ve read it several times!

In this segment, Angela brings up 'Man's Search for Meaning' and inquires if Mike has read it, leading to a conversation about the book authored by Viktor Frankl.

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Now, Mike, there’s no way that you have not read Victor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning, correct? I’ve read it several times! This goes back to it: it’s short and full of great punch.

Angela asks Mike if he has read 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Victor Frankl, which he confirms. She describes the book as short and filled with meaningful insights.

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What Frankl said—and he said this before he became a captive of the concentration camps—and that is actually what the narrative of Man’s Search for Meaning is; it’s a story of when he was in the concentration camps and how he survived. And what he observed, like seeing all this through the lens of somebody who is really a therapist and a psychiatrist, and it was before this Alit experience where Frankl said that when he would see people in his care who would come to him deeply anxious, lonely, depressed, even psychotic, what the cure was in so many cases was not pleasure, was not power, was not prestige, it wasn’t even relief from pain; it was meaning.

Angela discusses 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor Frankl, highlighting its focus on his experiences in the concentration camps and the insights he gained about finding meaning during suffering.

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And Frankl did reject that; I reread Man’s Search for Meaning and was reminded that in the English edition, after he describes his experience in Auschwitz, there is like a second part, it’s almost like an extended postscript, and it is called Logo Therapy in a Nutshell. And I’ll read to you from Logo Therapy in a Nutshell because you cannot paraphrase Frankl; he’s too good.

Angela mentions that she reread 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor Frankl, which contains a postscript called "Logo Therapy in a Nutshell."

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So I think what most people understand that book to be about is how you can find meaning through your noble response to suffering. You know, if there’s a one-liner for Man’s Search for Meaning, that’s the one-liner that like ChatGPT would give you. It’s like, oh, it’s a book about how, even in the abyss of despair and being humiliated and tortured, the nobility of your response, like that is a form of meaning.

Angela explains that most people view 'Man's Search for Meaning' as a book focused on discovering meaning through noble responses to suffering.

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So anyway, there’s so much nuance here, but I think to me when I read Hina’s new book, when I read Frankl’s iconic Man’s Search for Meaning, it is all about questions that you keep trying to answer. It is about goals, but not that all goals are created equal. So I read these two books wondering whether I’d have my big questions answered, and I actually do think I got answers.

Angela discusses her experience with two impactful books, notably mentioning 'Man's Search for Meaning' by Viktor Frankl. She reflects on how both books relate to the pursuit of answers to life's big questions.

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The other book I’ll just say, which is much longer and unpublished, is start making sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times is really on the same topic. It’s a book by Steve Hina, who’s one of my favorite psychologists; he's at University of British Columbia. It’s coming out in January 2025.

Angela discusses a book titled 'start making sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times' by Steve Hina. She notes that it's an unpublished work expected to be released in January 2025.

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It’s a book by Steve Hina, who’s one of my favorite psychologists; he's at University of British Columbia. It’s coming out in January 2025. But Hina actually references Frankl more than I think two or three dozen times in the book; I mean, really what I say about these two books is that they take as the big question: What is life all about?

Angela discusses the upcoming book by Steve Hina titled 'start making sense: How Existential Psychology Can Help Us Build Meaningful Lives in Absurd Times'. She highlights Hina's frequent references to Viktor Frankl within the book, emphasizing its exploration of life's purpose.

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