Emily Esfahani Smith

Emily Esfahani Smith is a writer and the author of The Power of Meaning: Finding Fulfillment in a World Obsessed With Happiness. She is also an editor at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution, where she advises the Ben Franklin Circles project, an initiative to build belonging and meaning in local communities. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, The New Criterion and other publicationsVisit her website at emilyesfahanismith.com.