Anna Karenina
Novel by Leo Tolstoy, preferred by Dan Wang over War and Peace.
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Videos Mentioning Anna Karenina
Master Economist on Strategic Quitting and Valuable Decisions on the Margin — John List
Tim Ferriss
Leo Tolstoy's novel, cited by John List to explain that scaling is not a 'silver bullet' problem but rather an 'Anna Karenina problem' (scalable ideas are all alike, unscalable ones are unscalable in their own way).
Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks — Powerful Books, Mystics, and More
Tim Ferriss
A novel by Leo Tolstoy, cited for having one of the best opening sentences in any book.
Donald Knuth: Algorithms, Complexity, and The Art of Computer Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #62
Lex Fridman
A novel by Leo Tolstoy, especially liked by Knuth for its philosophical discussions and the character's developed personal philosophy.
Dan Wang on What China and America Can Learn from Each Other
Conversations with Tyler
Novel by Leo Tolstoy, preferred by Dan Wang over War and Peace.
Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5)
Y Combinator
The opening line ('All happy families are alike; all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way.') is used as an analogy for businesses: happy companies are unique, unhappy ones are in competition.
Elizabeth Gilbert’s Creative Path — Saying No, Trusting Your Intuition, and More
Tim Ferriss
A classic novel mentioned as an example of the 'ruined woman' trope, where a woman makes a bad decision and suffers terrible consequences.