One enemy of meaning is an over-reliance on one mode of knowing. John Vervaeke calls this propositional knowing: knowledge in the form of facts, beliefs and concepts. Iain McGilchrist would identify this approach as left-hemisphere dominant, focusing as it does on abstractions that we can grasp, over open-ended, lived realities.
This propositional fixation is rampant throughout modern culture, no matter where you look. It’s why a rich debate around religion is reduced down to the question of whether someone “believes” in God, why political debate is reduced to repeating slogans from your preferred corner, and why self-help fixates on positive thinking as a means of growth.