How To Find Purpose In An Age Of Emptiness with Arthur Brooks

Dr. Rangan Chatterjee hosts Arthur Brooks, a Harvard professor and bestselling author, for a deep dive into the science of happiness. Brooks explains his framework that happiness, like nutrition, requires three macronutrients: enjoyment, satisfaction, and meaning. They discuss why high achievers often feel empty, the necessity of struggle, the arrival fallacy that goal achievement doesn't bring lasting joy, and why honest conflict beats conflict avoidance in relationships. The conversation reframes happiness as a direction rather than a destination.