Thinking Space

From early on in mathematics, we learn the whole is the sum of its parts. Not only in maths but we take the same understanding in other domains of learning, too e.g.in complex problem solving we follow the rule of breaking it into simpler, smaller problems and tackle them separately.
Though this technique is useful to tackle when things are black and white, but we pay an enormous price by carrying the similar attitude to solve real world issues. We lose our intrinsic sense of connection to a larger whole.
As physicist David Bohm said, “It is similar to trying to reassemble the fragments of a broken mirror to see a true reflection.”
Making an assumption that a whole is equal to the sum of its parts may be dangerous.