Beyond Positivity — Why Positive Psychology and Logoteleology Must Work Together. Explore how clarity and purpose combine to produce meaningful, lasting results, not just fleeting happiness. Read the full essay by Luis A. Marrero and discover a framework for deeper well‑being and purpose-driven action.

Most of us assume that if the world becomes wealthier, healthier, and more technologically advanced, people should also become happier. But that’s not what the data show. Over the past two decades, we’ve made remarkable material progress — yet many people feel more stressed, lonelier, and less hopeful than before. The puzzle is not a lack of solutions. It is a deeper problem of meaning.

Logoteleology arose from a simple but persistent question raised by history and data alike: if meaning has been so abundantly offered, why has durable human flourishing remained so uneven and fragile? Its answer was methodological—to go first to the ground through which meaning is received, before tending to the meaning itself.