A.J. Jacobs is the author of four New York Times bestsellers, including “The Year of Living Biblically” and “Drop Dead Healthy.” His new book is “The Puzzler: One Man’s Quest to Solve the Most Baffling Puzzles Ever, from Crosswords to Jigsaws to the Meaning of Life.” He was once the answer to 1-Down in The New York Times crossword puzzle.
A.J. Jacobs
Puzzles can be metaphors for how we trick ourselves