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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 alayne »

arcticbull wrote: post #11
bmitc wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

the bad ones are in Santa Barbara

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

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Post by profsummergig »

Charlie Munger had great advice in general. And I've learned a lot of good from him.

But I will never get over the hypocrisy of owning a quarter of Coca Cola and constantly criticizing Americans for being overweight (he used words like "sloth").

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

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Post by bmitc »

xboxnolifes wrote: post #17
bmitc wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It's not really irrelevant. If someone spent all that money and effort on a building and you had no windows or exposure to outside light until you left the building, you don't think that would affect your enjoyment of the building? Especially knowing that perfectly serviceable and better alternatives exist but that's what they went with?

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

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Post by megaman821 »

bmitc wrote: post #20
megaman821 wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Maybe you need a professional to tell you to stop worrying about what other people find inspiring.

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

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Post by bmitc »

KerryJones wrote: post #7
bmitc wrote: post #2

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This is a pretty narrow look at his life, I'd encourage looking more deeply before pointing fingers. I am not defending his dorm buildings, but this feels misplaced. Especially today.

It is indeed misplaced, and I apologize about that, as I mentioned in another comment elsewhere. I have looked into Munger at various times, but I can withhold.
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