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Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous

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Re: Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous

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Post by arcticbull »

bmitc wrote: post #9
xboxnolifes wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> See Munger's dorm buildings that he pushed upon universities that make prisons look like hotels. I've seen them, and they look preferable to the dorms I actually lived in. Getting a room to myself instead of 2-4 people sharing a (what felt like) 100sqft space.

Were your dorm rooms brand new and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build and forced upon the university and city via throwing money around? Also, there are plenty of reports of just how bad his designs are: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/02/business/munger-residence...

> Also, there are plenty of reports of just how bad his designs are.

There's also plenty of great reviews of it. [1] 8.3/10 seems hardly catastrophic, especially if it gives people an affordable place to live.

I feel like the vast majority of the criticisms come from people who definitely didn't live in them.

[1] https://www.veryapt.com/ApartmentReview-a7222-munger-graduat...

Re: Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous

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Post by bmitc »

bloodyplonker22 wrote: post #8
bmitc wrote: post #2

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It's easy to make a pithy observation that he's a billionaire and then proceed to spew hate while thinking everything is a zero sum game. When Charlie was in his 30s, he was broke, his 9 year old son died, and he had a divorce. He was never a victim that blames others for their misfortunes though.

So it's his fault that all that happened to him?

I am sorry that someone has died, and I regret making a comment on this particular post before realizing the actual post topic too late, but I am not too keen on living my life based upon how billionaires think. Munger, like many billionaires and as the above quote and his dorm designs showcase, liked to speak about things he didn't know anything about, and people like to idolize billionaires in hope that they will someday be one too.

Self-pity is a natural human emotion. Rejecting it outright and replacing it with self-blame seems beyond strange. I would recommend people to sign up for a therapist and have a professional help them work through life rather than a person only well known for hoarding capital and opining on things he isn't educated in.

Re: Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous

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Post by bmitc »

homefree wrote: post #10
xboxnolifes wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> See Munger's dorm buildings that he pushed upon universities that make prisons look like hotels. I've seen them, and they look preferable to the dorms I actually lived in. Getting a room to myself instead of 2-4 people sharing a (what felt like) 100sqft space.

+1 these looked great, I would have much rather lived in this than the triple with zero privacy I lived in during school.

I lived in my own room with a shared living room in a dorm room decades ago. And it had a window and opened to the outside. The point is that better designs exist, but people will defend Munger just because his design could be worse.

I think my opinion and reaction is based upon his reaction. He rejected all criticism outright and refused to listen to anyone. It was his design, or he would take his money away.

Re: Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous

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Post by megaman821 »

bmitc wrote: post #13
bloodyplonker22 wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's easy to make a pithy observation that he's a billionaire and then proceed to spew hate while thinking everything is a zero sum game. When Charlie was in his 30s, he was broke, his 9 year old son died, and he had a divorce. He was never a victim that blames others for their misfortunes though.

So it's his fault that all that happened to him? I am sorry that someone has died, and I regret making a comment on this particular post before realizing the actual post topic too late, but I am not too keen on living my life based upon how billionaires think. Munger, like many billionaires and as the above quote and his dorm designs showcase, liked to speak about things he didn't know anything about, and people like…

He is sharing what worked for him. Sorry it does not conform to your world view.

Re: Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous

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Post by xboxnolifes »

bmitc wrote: post #9
xboxnolifes wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> See Munger's dorm buildings that he pushed upon universities that make prisons look like hotels. I've seen them, and they look preferable to the dorms I actually lived in. Getting a room to myself instead of 2-4 people sharing a (what felt like) 100sqft space.

Were your dorm rooms brand new and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build and forced upon the university and city via throwing money around? Also, there are plenty of reports of just how bad his designs are: https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/02/business/munger-residence...

> Were your dorm rooms brand new and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build and forced upon the university and city via throwing money around?

Irrelevant to whether or not I would enjoy being in them.

Re: Charlie Munger – Feeling Like a Victim Is Perfectly Disastrous

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Post by bmitc »

megaman821 wrote: post #16
bmitc wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So it's his fault that all that happened to him? I am sorry that someone has died, and I regret making a comment on this particular post before realizing the actual post topic too late, but I am not too keen on living my life based upon how billionaires think. Munger, like many billionaires and as the above quote and his dorm designs showcase, liked to speak about things he didn't know anything about, and people like…

He is sharing what worked for him. Sorry it does not conform to your world view.

It's not my world view. I prefer to listen to professionals.
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