By Laura A. Roser Finding Meaning When Work Isn’t a Necessity “It’s Tilapia Tuesday again,” my fiancé says. We’re in a small mountain town in Costa Rica, staying with friends who opted for retirement. They decided to pack up and leave their jobs and the Salt Lake City snow behind about two years ago. They now…

By Daniel Slone Replacing the unending pursuit of happiness with the quest for a meaningful life In college, Emily Esfahani Smith embarked on a search for happiness. Since everyone insisted that the path to happiness is success, that was the road her quest took. Yet contrary to what our culture told her, she did not find…