“ How to Build a Life ” is a weekly column by Arthur Brooks, tackling questions of meaning and happiness. I n Robert M. Pirsig’s 1974 book , Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance , the author describes a device he calls “the old South Indian Monkey Trap.” It consists of a hollowed-out coconut with some rice inside, chained to a stake.

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