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by Leo Tolstoy
Two stories run side by side: Anna's affair with Vronsky and the society that destroys her for it, and Levin's slow, awkward search for meaning in farming, marriage and faith, and Tolstoy makes each illuminate the other. As close as fiction gets to the texture of other people's inner lives; read it in the Pevear and Volokhonsky translation.
July 13, 2026
Scott Alexander's team publishes its plan for AI going well, Joel Mokyr defends his Nobel thesis, and Ted Gioia argues the Odyssey belongs in the music department.
April 13, 2026
Experimental History on overlooked paths to impact, Dario Amodei's five-hour conversation with Lex Fridman, and Ethan Mollick on what just happened in AI.
March 16, 2026
Sean Carroll's Mindscape episode on surveillance, Gwern's writing process revealed, and Martha Nussbaum on why fear is toxic to democracy.
